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US residents angry datacenters 'shoved down our throats' are recalling officials

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Re: US residents angry datacenters 'shoved down our throats' are recalling officials

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And a wall between the two was built a decade ago. Considering it was hit on day one, obviously it was considered an important target, which makes it inexcusable that nobody checked it in a decade. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/4314de...

A navy base on the contested straight of hormuz is always going to be a priority target. Militaries have pre existing contingency plans. Typically military bases don't move very fast.

The Pentagon's OWN Satellite imagery confirmed the school was walled off, painted brightly, had children daily and featured a play area by 2016. If >10 years aren't sufficient to update a target list for a bombing, then I don't know what to say.

Re: US residents angry datacenters 'shoved down our throats' are recalling officials

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Investors, thats what is driving it. AI is the only thing venture capital has cared about since 2022, so the people who earn fortunes from sucking on the VC teat are following the money. It doesn't matter if the data centers are worthless in five years, they will have extracted wealth from building them.

How do you extract wealth from building a highly capital-intensive physical plant? Construction crews and building material suppliers do not work on a promise of future payments.

The same way subcontractors make money, they take a cut of the building cost. VC invests a billion on a five year contract, you take a million as your salary for those five years and use the rest to pay for construction and initial operating costs. If the data center isn't profitable, oh well, you got paid 5 million all the same. If it is profitable, well thats just a bonus.
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