Illinois governor proposes cancelling tax breaks for datacenters
www.theguardian.com
Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boom
  • AlexLost@lemmy.world
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    3 minutes ago

    Yes please. Also, charge them for their water use like a normal company, not a water seller. Scratch that, make water sellers pay actual amounts for their billions of litres of bottled water sold annually.

  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    Shouldn’t get those in the first place.

    If a new massive facility is not taxed, how is it contributing to the local economy?