1. NIMBY concerns about proximity
- “They're just awful to live near next door to the token factory.” — mrhottakes
- “There is a study from ASU that found they are awful to live within....1200ft of.” — WarmWash
- “It has onsite power generation which seems to be going 24/7 which is positively awful if you have to live next to that.” — throw7
- “They probably would be awful to have a house next to…” — Aurornis
2. Environmental & resource strain
- “DCs have a tendency to destabilize the local grid and drive up grid rates.” — forgetfreeman
3. Economic and tax implications
- “If you put $100M of GPUs in a Virginia datacenter then you might pay $2M per year in local taxes over the 5‑year life of the equipment… If you took the same money and put up an office with 150 people making $150k/year, you’d pay less property tax but like $7M in income taxes…” — titanomachy
- “Power supply being short meant that residential customers have had to pick up the tab for heavy industrial users.” — bigfishrunning
4. Populist sentiment & perceived external influence
- “I think there’s a lot of social media influence from nation state competitors going on to try and slow SOTA development in the US.” — caconym_* (quoting the prevailing narrative of organized opposition)