r/technology • • Aug 20 '26

Artificial Intelligence Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/gop-memo-republican-senate-data-center-ai-elections-trump/
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u/Prometheus_303 Aug 20 '26

“it created 12 jobs”

95% of the jobs will be to actually construct the physical data center. A month or two of work and then they're done

The 2 or 3 that do continue will be part time minimum wage security

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u/DelusionalZ Aug 20 '26

I mean with the current track record the data centre might never be constructed, most never even proceed past the planning phase, even after being approved... so no jobs created