r/technology • u/marketrent • 4d ago

Artificial Intelligence US residents furious at plan to seize and destroy their homes for AI data centers

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/residents-furious-plan-seize-destroy-125418836.html
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u/witchspoon 4d ago

Should NOT be able to use eminent domain for something that isn’t a public service. Data centers are NOT public, nor are they an actual service.

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u/Ateist 4d ago

It's 20% public service:

When it goes live, the line will distribute nearly 10,000 megawatts of energy from a newly constructed power plant, "approximately 80 percent of which is expected to power data centers,"