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>>simonw+(OP)
Remember, back in the day, when a year of progress was like, oh, they voted to add some syntactic sugar to Java...

>>waldre+T7
> they voted to add some syntactic sugar to Java...

I remember when we just wanted to rewrite everything in Rust.

Those were the simpler times, when crypto bros seemed like the worst venture capitalism could conjure.

>>throwu+s8
Crypto bros in hindsight were so much less dangerous than AI bros. At least they weren't trying to construct data centers in rural America or prop up artificial stocks like $NVDA.

>>OGEnth+2b
It's funny how people complain about the rust belt dying and factories leaving rural communities and so on, then when someone wants to build something that can provide jobs and tax revenue, everyone complains.

>>mgfist+Tu
How many people are employed at the average data center? A few dozen? Versus a steel mill, that’s nothing. A chicken plant in Nebraska closed down this last month. 3200 people lost their jobs. You think Meta will fill it with GPUs and the whole town will have jobs again?

>>jakeyd+1w
Many more are employed while building it. And they will never stop building. It's modern version of rail. But instead of distances it will cover the area.

>>scotty+YC
Will local folks get those jobs to build the data center?

And if so, what happens to those builders once the data center is built?

>>uxcolu+QG
> Will local folks get those jobs to build the data center?

Yes. At some point the demand will be so high that imported workers won't suffice and local population will need to be trained and hired.

> And if so, what happens to those builders once the data center is built?

They are going to be moved to a new place where the datacenters will need to be built next. Mobility if the workforce was often cited as one of the greatest strengths of US economy.

>>scotty+6g4
So local people in town 1 who are getting these jobs to build the data center will then have to move to town 2 to build a data center there? What happens to the local people in town 2 who are also looking for construction jobs?