Future data center conflicts may be as misguided as today's
xuanalogue · x · 2026-08-24
The author responds to their previous tweet about the conflict between building data centers and preserving nature. They disagree with deep ecology because it ignores wild animal suffering but speculate that future conflicts over data centers will likely be just as misguided as current ones.
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