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orangecrush

(31,268 posts) Fri May 29, 2026, 11:57 AM Yesterday

Will Blue States Eventually Ban AI Datacenters? (Poll)

Seems like a matter of survival.

25 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Yes, the sooner the better
	12 (48%)
	No, it's not within their scope of power
	0 (0%)
	No, too much money involved
	4 (16%)
	They will try to regulate them instead
	9 (36%)
	No, the technofacists will have the country handed to them on a gold plated platter
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Will Blue States Eventually Ban AI Datacenters? (Poll) (Original Post) orangecrush Yesterday OP

i believe regulation of ai was prohibited by the "big ugly bill" rampartd Yesterday #1

Would that also include orangecrush Yesterday #4

Let the red states have them. Aristus Yesterday #2

10 years from now 80% of them will be empty bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

I expect memory storage technology will advance to the point that these data centers are obsolete. Midnight Writer Yesterday #5

I hope so MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #6

rampartd

(5,189 posts)

1. i believe regulation of ai was prohibited by the "big ugly bill"

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 12:00 PM

Yesterday

orangecrush

(31,268 posts)

4. Would that also include

Reply to rampartd (Reply #1)

Fri May 29, 2026, 12:07 PM

Yesterday

Cutting off water, electric and road maintenance?

Aristus

(72,614 posts)

2. Let the red states have them.

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 12:03 PM

Yesterday

They already have shitty water and plenty of wasteland. And they won't be displacing anyone. Anyone worth mentioning anyway.

bucolic_frolic

(55,993 posts)

3. 10 years from now 80% of them will be empty

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 12:04 PM

Yesterday

Most AI companies will fail, there will only be 2-3 winners with a few hangers on in niche applications.

Midnight Writer

(25,846 posts)

5. I expect memory storage technology will advance to the point that these data centers are obsolete.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Fri May 29, 2026, 04:36 PM

Yesterday

My first home computer had 4 kilobytes of memory with no internal storage. Now you can get 4 terabyte drives that are the size of a two-inch ribbon for a fraction of the price. I expect this advancement in memory storage will continue, getting cheaper and more compact.

MustLoveBeagles

(17,564 posts)

6. I hope so

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 04:47 PM

Yesterday

They want to put one in here in Springfield. Our systems are overburdened as it is.

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