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Jacson6

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5. Local County Politicos need to use it for their advantage.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 05:51 PM

12 hrs ago

They could make an agreement that the Data Center owner must provide free Internet in the county it is located in. Or maybe free Internet for everyone that is below the Federal Poverty line?

I received Internet for $10 per month for years when AT&T bought out another local provider.

Just a thought.

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Data Centers Creep into Rural America [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago OP

I don't understand the need or purpose of these huge "data" centers. Are they to increase gov monitoring of the public? wcmagumba 13 hrs ago #1

Very likely sakabatou 13 hrs ago #2

Can you imagine what could be done if even half those data centers were hospitals, schools, or affordable housing? patphil 13 hrs ago #3

This genAI bubble has caused a catastrophic loss of resources, in addition to all the direct harm done highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #8

Maybe that will take the starch out of rural America. Aristus 12 hrs ago #4

Local County Politicos need to use it for their advantage. Jacson6 12 hrs ago #5

Feeding the monster that will eventually destroy us all, just ask Musk. Maybe humans aren't all that intelligent OGBuzz 12 hrs ago #6

These data centers are being built because of generative AI, not the truly useful non-generative Ai highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #7

If the DNC doesn't have campaign workers in every effected community Prairie Gates 10 hrs ago #9

Not just rural voters. These data centers are a suburban problem too newdeal2 10 hrs ago #10