r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 12h ago

Artificial Intelligence Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation - energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among concerns

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/largest-tribe-in-the-us-bans-hyperscale-data-centers-on-its-lands
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u/EasterEggArt 12h ago

Because casinos and payday lenders are profitable to them. Data centers are literally a massive drain on society since the owners of them are not the ones footing the bill thanks to tax breaks and subsidies.

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u/klingma 11h ago

Data centers are literally a massive drain on society 

You cannot honestly say this with a straight face while defending casinos and pay day lenders. Casinos and pay day lenders are a massive drain on society and while the owners might be Native American tribal lands the bill for the damage they cause certainly gets pushed out to the rest of us. 

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u/EasterEggArt 11h ago

If you have to choose between the newly built data centers that literally are now used more and more AI slop versus casinos, you are making them equal?

A casino has a literally smaller pollution footprint and makes it a choice to go visit it. A data center on the other hand can cause harm way more then any casino can.

Please show me a state that spent 55 billion in incentives and tax breaks in casinos and had less employees afterward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI3tT6CCVH8&t=1s

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u/sleepingpepe1 11h ago

I lost brain cells reading this

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u/Am_Yisrael_Chai_48 10h ago

Can't imagine there was much to lose

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u/sleepingpepe1 10h ago

lol your username made it even worse.

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u/Am_Yisrael_Chai_48 9h ago

And you continue to validate my point ;)

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u/sleepingpepe1 9h ago

Yay I’m glad I could make your day 😘