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The Human Renaissance is something I've been thinking of too and I hope it comes to pass. Of course, I feel like societally, things are gonna get worse for a lo

The Human Renaissance is something I've been thinking of too and I hope it comes to pass. Of course, I feel like societally, things are gonna get worse for a lot of folks. You already see it in entire towns losing water or their water becoming polluted. You'd think these kickbacks leaders of these towns are getting for allowing data centers to be built would go towards improving infrastructure but hah, that's unrealistic. WTF is that unrealistic? SMH

Lerc 6mo ago
>You already see it in entire towns losing water or their water becoming polluted Do you have any references for such cases? I have seen talk of such thing at risk, but I am unaware of any specific instances of it occuring
- NetOpWibby 6mo ago
  I know I've seen such a story on HN before, you can probably find it by searching for "water" and "data center/AI."
  - Lerc 6mo ago
    The closest match I found was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44562052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44562052 The article tries to play sleight of hand with the specific instance that they cite but it seems that the loss of water is alleged to be caused by sediment from construction rather than water use. It's not great that it happened and it is something local government should take action on, but it is also something that could have been caused by any form of industrial construction. I suspect there are already laws in place that cover this. If they are not being enforced that's another issue entirely.
    - NetOpWibby 6mo ago
      That's exactly the article I was thinking of. Data center construction exposing weaknesses in local infrastructure is a double-edged sword; you wanna know if things need upgrading but you don't wanna be negatively affected by it. Maybe there should be some clause in these contracts that mandate tech companies foot the bill for local infrastructure improvements.
      - Lerc 6mo ago
        In that case it does not depict the scenario you suggested. This is not a data center issue at all, it is a construction issue, that it was a data center being constructed was incidental. I believe there are regulations that cover things like this already. To characterise it as representative or specific to data centers is ad best disingenuous.
        NetOpWibby 6mo ago
        I didn't write the article man

Lerc 6mo ago

>You already see it in entire towns losing water or their water becoming polluted Do you have any references for such cases? I have seen talk of such thing at risk, but I am unaware of any specific instances of it occuring

NetOpWibby 6mo ago
I know I've seen such a story on HN before, you can probably find it by searching for "water" and "data center/AI."
- Lerc 6mo ago
  The closest match I found was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44562052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44562052 The article tries to play sleight of hand with the specific instance that they cite but it seems that the loss of water is alleged to be caused by sediment from construction rather than water use. It's not great that it happened and it is something local government should take action on, but it is also something that could have been caused by any form of industrial construction. I suspect there are already laws in place that cover this. If they are not being enforced that's another issue entirely.
  - NetOpWibby 6mo ago
    That's exactly the article I was thinking of. Data center construction exposing weaknesses in local infrastructure is a double-edged sword; you wanna know if things need upgrading but you don't wanna be negatively affected by it. Maybe there should be some clause in these contracts that mandate tech companies foot the bill for local infrastructure improvements.
    - Lerc 6mo ago
      In that case it does not depict the scenario you suggested. This is not a data center issue at all, it is a construction issue, that it was a data center being constructed was incidental. I believe there are regulations that cover things like this already. To characterise it as representative or specific to data centers is ad best disingenuous.
      - NetOpWibby 6mo ago
        I didn't write the article man