Overseas data center shift won't stop AI buildout, costs local economy
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-08-24
Discusses public resistance to local data center construction. Cited opinions suggest bans will only push facilities overseas (e.g., Tunisia, Saudi Arabia), causing losses in tax revenue, jobs, and pension benefits. The public mass hysteria ignores the economic reality that local funds and guilds will suffer.
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