Build the cloud here, or China will there
The panic over data centers is escalating. If anti-growth activists and NIMBYs succeed in blocking the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital commerce, America won’t stop needing those services. It will simply build less of that infrastructure here and hand more of the strategic advantage to China. That is the real trade-off. WE’VE […]
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The panic over data centers is escalating. If anti-growth activists and NIMBYs succeed in blocking the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital commerce, America won’t stop needing those services. It will simply build less of that infrastructure here and hand more of the strategic advantage to China. Recommended Stories Build the cloud here, or China will there Blind to irony, UN holds climate summit in nation crippled by green mandates Lebanon is the front Iran cannot afford to lose That is the real trade-off.Advertisement WE’VE SEEN THE DATA CENTER HYSTERICS BEFORE Data centers are the physical component of “the cloud.” They are not abstractions.
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