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Living in Ypsilanti, Courtney is facing not one, not two, but three proposed new data center projects within just a few miles of her house. I believe there should be no new data centers until guardrails and protections have been established at the federal level.

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This is insane!!! 3?? Why? Defense? No way!!! Stop the bullshit!!! This is full on AI gihugeical centers citizens voted against. What don't tech bros understand?? NO! NO DATA CENTERS!! They're prob gonna be outdated in a few yrs like phones. This is billionaire greed on steroids. #NoDataCenters

The irony of digitizing the world is that the "Cloud" is actually just a series of windowless concrete boxes eating the local power grid and the view. We're trading soil for server racks.

She will lose all equity in her home. She will never be able to sell it. The noise, the heat changing weather patterns, the strain on resources and loss of property value will never be overcome no matter what the Data center cheerleaders say.

We need to refuse to allow data centers at all, the only thing they do is steal from people unfairly. Yes, AI is trained on data and that data comes from somewhere. Did any of your favorite artists sign an agreement to allow their data to be collected? Did your family? Did you?

I can't vote for Abdul bc I'm out of state, but I greatly appreciate Courtney's concerns. It is very suspicious that these data centers are being rushed in without any guardrails. I'd say slow down until laws to protect residents have caught up with the realities.

There should be no new AI data centers period. They will deplete life sustaining water, ruin our electric grid, harm the psychological development of our children. The only people that will benefit is billionaires becoming trillionaires. NO THANK YOU

Three data centers within miles of one woman’s home? Who the hell decided that’s a good idea? Tech companies want to build wherever they please, but the people living there are supposed to just shut up and deal with it? Absolutely ridiculous.

The point of the data centers is massive surveillance and suppression of the people. It's relatively easy to do things like take down "No Kings" Instagram during a protest, but they want to get the disruption down to the individual level, more dynamic. Computing power should not be used for evil.

Yes. Seems the shark strategy is to move fast before the public can do anything about it. As quick as the devil moves, God's speed will inevitably intervene. There is no doubt about that!

I may have missed it but did they ever say why they need thousands of data centers peppering the land, sucking up jobs & resources?🤔

COURTNEY COULD APPLY FOR A JOB AT ONE OF THE THREE DATA CENTERS. THEN SHE WOULD HAVE A WELL PAYING JOB WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH INSTEAD OF RESISTING CIRCUITS AND SOLID STATE DRIVES. WOULD SHE FEEL BETTER IF THE DATA CENTER IS IN MY BACKYARD INSTEAD. OR MAYBE SHE WANTS T9 BE A POLITICIAN.

They are destroying the land, our parks and living creatures with no remorse for those creatures. It's not ok to destroy their homes, or leaving them vulnerable to be run over, especially the babies. Where are they supposed to go. No data centers.

Not good enough. They must be approved by the local population as well. And planning commissions must answer to the people if they pass these applications without local voter approval. Local accountability matters

ONE OF THOSE DATA CENTERS IS ALSO PART OF A NUCLEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM. NOBODY SHOULD BE FORCED TO PUT UP WITH THE BUILDING OF ANY OF THESE CENTERS NEAR THEIR HOME. THEY SHOULD NOT NEED TO MOVE TO GET AWAY FROM IT EITHER. STATE GOVERNMENT AND UofM ARE ALSO PART OF THE FORCED BUILDING.

Those companies have billions of dollars plus they don't pay taxes. They should supply their own power and water for their data centers and keep them far away from populated areas. That's not so hard.

And then, no data centers. We have an existing infrastructure backlog a dozen miles long, and tackling that could actually *help* the environment.

One more time: The only way data centers get approved is by bribing politicians. Each one stands as a monument to corruption. As well, techbros always "move fast and break things", so these will invariably violate ANY local regulations once you are stuck with one. Lawless deadbeats to the last.

I like using AI. What I don’t support is rampant DC buildouts that harm communities, the environment, jack up energy prices, threaten humanity, and worsen climate change. There IS a better way to do this. We just need our government(s) to steer the industry towards it.

Dr Sayed, Why not mention that the Republican’s are attacking and marginalizing a very, very small group of people who happen to be Transgender. Less than 1% of children and less than 3% of adults. Hysteria and desperation have crippled the Republicans again to attack people who cannot counter.

It's not possible to effectively regulate AI by its very design. We need to BAN THIS CRAP. We don't need it. AT ALL.

Somebody is approving these data centers. How is it that residents have no idea about any of this until construction is underway? What the hell is going on? It's happening across the country. State officials approving them secretly? WTF?

They are rapidly running out of money Large portions of DC’s already funded are incomplete & stalled GPU’s are aging out every day Just wait It won’t be a pop AI is going to slowly starve to death

That is the heat of 80,000,000 atomic bombs released in 10 years &&& 11,000,000,000 gallons of water used. No wonder trump wants to invade Canada and Greenland... The Arctic is going to be the only place left with water and a livable temperature.

Can you imagine what damage these data centers are going to do over the next 10 years. 1 center in 1 year uses 110 MILLION gallons of water & releases heat equal to 8,000 atomic bombs Now imagine those numbers x 10 years x 1000 data centers 1,420 to 1,500+ planned or approved in US alone.

Would you rather live next to a mosque or a data center? I would much rather live near a data center, yet mosques are popping up all over the place!