Yeah, we know why people don’t want data centers (opens in new tab)

, covering a lot of great points but I think misses the mark. Or, I guess I would say that I'd emphasize and describe things a little differently. My take, which isn't necessarily different or counter to Matt's five points, is people don't want data centers in their backyard because: It doesn't create jobs It increases energy costs It increases energy use They feel weird about the products On the first one, people used to compete over data centers on the promise of jobs. But those jobs turn o...