Data centers are either destroying America’s grid or saving its economy. Maybe both.
In Part 1 of this Prof G+ Deep Dive, Scott examines the growing outrage over AI data centers — the protests, the moratoriums, the rising electricity bills — and asks how much of it is actually justified. The answer cuts both ways: some concerns are legitimate, some are overblown, and all of it is a proxy for a deeper frustration about who pays for the AI economy and who gets to profit from it. Stay tuned for Part 2 next week, where we dig into the solutions — and why they’re not as complicated as the politics make them seem.
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