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highplainsdem

(59,709 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2025, 11:23 AM 10 hrs ago

Bernie Sanders: We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. [View all]

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-28T14:33:15.526Z

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Bernie Sanders: We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. [View all] highplainsdem 10 hrs ago OP

That idea is not likely to sell. RandomNumbers 10 hrs ago #1

In Arizona, there's not enough water to drink. People's wells are running dry, so they can't even move Attilatheblond 9 hrs ago #2

They so nice ... usonian 7 hrs ago #3

Musk has been polluting Memphis with diesel generators to power his data center there for more than highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #5

The oligarch owned AI data centers are basically writing off human beings in all manner of way. Uncle Joe 7 hrs ago #4

You're welcome, Uncle Joe! You're right about the oligarchs. Their talk of AI bringing abundance highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #6

Passing this along: AI Data Centers are collapsing the markets for all consumer computer parts!! Ars Longa 6 hrs ago #7