What it looks like to live next to a sprawling data center
See how towering data centers transform neighborhoods and landscapes.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/tech/2026/08/19/data-center-communities-controversy-photos/91372086007/Open linkView original on piefed.social
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Aren't there like zoning laws or something?
I'm sure there were, but... ::: spoiler spoiler MONEY!!! :::
zoning laws when you want to build a nice neighborhood with shops among the houses: 😡🤬✋🛑 think about the Character of the Neighborhood!!!
zoning laws when you want to build the Giant Evil Building of Doom and Constant High-Pitched Noise: 😁😇👍✅
City councils are notoriously corrupt. They're constantly bribed. At least in the US
Freedom! Only in areas where theres NIMBYs in HOAs.
Those look like expensive properties too. If they can pull up in the backyard of folks with million dollar homes, what chance do the rest of us face.
What 'Democracies' buy for their citizens..