sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoIn first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenterswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down17
arrow-up1661arrow-down1external-linkIn first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenterswww.theguardian.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 hours agoI could see a reasonable statewide zoning law but a statewide ban? You’ve got to be kidding. Tech is one of California’s biggest industries. We’re just going to NIMBY the problem onto someone else?
minus-squareBlackAura@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours ago We’re just going to NIMBY the problem onto someone else? As is tradition.
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYup. Also traditional: the blind hypocrisy of using a tech product that routes through a data center to call for a total ban on data centers.
I could see a reasonable statewide zoning law but a statewide ban? You’ve got to be kidding. Tech is one of California’s biggest industries. We’re just going to NIMBY the problem onto someone else?
As is tradition.
Yup. Also traditional: the blind hypocrisy of using a tech product that routes through a data center to call for a total ban on data centers.