[ExI] I hate to say it but, I agree with Trump

[John Clark]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM Mike Dougherty via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:



> *> I posit that data centers are factories-*
>

*I agree AI data centers are factories, and they manufacture intelligence,
something that we always have an insufficient amount of. I'm an
unapologetic capitalist so I feel if corporations can make a profit off of
AI then good for them!*

*> we should be establishing the regulation of data center infrastructure
> for pollutants like any petrochemical plant, including noise pollution from
> fans*
>

*If China wins the AI race, and they certainly will if the data center
opponents get their way and extensive red tape and years long environmental
impacts studies are required before anybody in the US can even think about
building a new data center, then they won't have to worry about noisy fans
for very long, in fact they will no longer have the ability to worry about
anything because they will have assumed room temperature.  *

*John K Clark*


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