Economist Debunks Anti-Data Center Populism: Modern Digital Life Depends on Them
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-08-07
An economist pushes back against the "uninformed populist narrative" targeting data centers. He argues that data centers are the foundational infrastructure powering modern life.
He points out that banning them would mean losing access to streaming, email, AI-developed medicine, and video calls. The inevitable public backlash to losing these everyday services proves the indispensable value of data centers.
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