Data center bans are illegitimate; regulate harms, not existence
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-08-16
Jeremiah John argues that blanket bans or moratoriums on data centers are fundamentally illegitimate. While regulating specific harms like pollution or noise is acceptable, banning an entire class of business treats it as ontologically evil, which is ridiculous for mundane infrastructure like data centers.
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