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Beholden to Big Tech, Grandpa Pudding Brains demands more data centers

Boing Boing reports that former President Donald Trump, referred to as 'Grandpa Pudding Brains,' is demanding more data centers to support the AI bubble, dismissing local opposition as 'backwards and poor.' The article highlights that data center developers are now targeting neighborhoods with excess power and space, amid growing concerns about the environmental and community impacts of these facilities.

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Don't want a giant ghost building full of power-sucking, heat-generating computers at the end of your street? Enjoy being "backwards and poor," says Diaper Don.

Folks building data centers for the AI bubble now eye neighborhoods with excess power and space. — Read the rest

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