alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agoWorking class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy oneswww.bloodinthemachine.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkWorking class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy oneswww.bloodinthemachine.comalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarealtkey (he\him)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoAlso, poor people are likely to already encounter a massive polluter or nuisance being dropped around there for no benefit to them.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-220 hours agoYeah, past experiences with a wonderproject that actually turns out to be meh may very well be part of it. Especially if it’s an older person. Speaking of pollution, the whole “wifi/5G causes cancer” thing is still out there too, and might be conflated with a datacenter.
Also, poor people are likely to already encounter a massive polluter or nuisance being dropped around there for no benefit to them.
Yeah, past experiences with a wonderproject that actually turns out to be meh may very well be part of it. Especially if it’s an older person.
Speaking of pollution, the whole “wifi/5G causes cancer” thing is still out there too, and might be conflated with a datacenter.