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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Why data centers are such a potent symbol
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lauren Weinstein)
Wed Sep 2 15:52:26 2026
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 12:44:20 -0700
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Why data centers are such a potent symbol
A big reason why data centers are such a potent political symbol of
technological evil is that they are very PHYSICAL. Unlike most
technology infrastructure that is barely visible in the course of
people's ordinary lives, data centers are typically enormous and
obvious, barbed wire surrounded symbols of billionaires' domination
over ordinary people. They can negatively impact water availability,
they can boost power rates, they can spew out noise and generator
pollution 24/7. The jobs they create during construction are
ephemeral -- after completion they're typically run by a handful of permanent
employees. They are tangible symbols that people of all ages and
political inclinations, in both rural and urban areas, can easily see
as the dominating billionaire instrumentalities that they are,
bringing AI to wipe out culture and jobs and communities.
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