Georgia families are being forced from their homes to help power AI data centers: "It's theft"
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TL;DR she actually agreed to sell and is now bitching and whining on Tiktok that they are "taking" it and using her kids as sob material.
Bruh. That title and framing is disingenuous. I don't care it's "driven" by datacenters. The power grid would need to be upgraded at some point anyway.
There's no "theft" to call out if YOU'RE GETTING PAID, IN A DEAL.
They didn’t steal the land and this girl didn’t own it. The mother (property owner) was given an offer she accepted.
They didn’t even use eminent domain. Now marinate on that.
Plus this is Georgia, who do these people vote for? Local elections matter.
Data centers are a cancer and should be banned. That being said there is no crime here and not even an abuse of power.
Ugh okay I'll say I'm torn. Put AI aside for just a second, pur grid and transmission lines are HORRIBLY in need of upgrading. Ask any Republican pre AI and they would have parrotted the same thing about EVs being too much for our grid.
So, I'm not happy that it's because of AI and datacenters. I do see we need to upgrade, and I have been also someone who is actually okay with eminent domain IF and only if the owners get full MARKET value (and I would throw on moving expenses). Of course we know things can be abused but ina just society I would say that if it means a few families moving for a more robust power grid, then I'm okay with it, even if it had to be me.
That being said I feel that I have a nuanced take here and I fully expect to be downvoted to hell.
Eminent domain was never meant to be for the economic profit of an individual, it was meant for the common good of the community - this is just fucking bullshit
Eminent domain wasn’t used though. They just bought the land. The article is sensational.
I can't see increasing capacity for AI data centers as "just cause". Silver lining is if that AI collapses; their will be extra capacity to meet EV demands right?.. Right? I'd want at least double if it was a child hood home.
market value and moving expenses seems like a no brainer, but it doesn't go nearly far enough. the value that is created from these properties being requisitioned isn't really addressed.
a company deciding they want it at market value, would intrinsically increase the market value pretty significantly. and it's hard to put numbers to it, but if someone were to knock on my door, completely unprompted, I think I would have a hard time packing up and leaving for less than 1.5x market value (plus expenses).