▲ 301 ▼ Working class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy ones (www.bloodinthemachine.com) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 34 points 4 months ago (1 child) Five times fewer! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago Could be 100x fewer, or 10,000x fewer. 5x fewer would mean that rich people and poor people resist DCs at the same rate, but that there are 5x fewer DCs in rich areas. But, my guess is that rich people would actually resist a lot more if someone dared to consider building a DC in their area... but that probably never happens, because why would a company buy up expensive real estate for a DC? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago Could be 100x fewer, or 10,000x fewer. 5x fewer would mean that rich people and poor people resist DCs at the same rate, but that there are 5x fewer DCs in rich areas. But, my guess is that rich people would actually resist a lot more if someone dared to consider building a DC in their area... but that probably never happens, because why would a company buy up expensive real estate for a DC? permalink fedilink source parent