Shut up and take our money: Amazon plows $1B into quashing datacenter dissent
joebuckwilliams
36 points
3 comments
October 02, 2026
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ChrisArchitect
Source: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-data-ce... ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49932763 )
paimapi
the accusation that people pushing back on data center buildouts are actually foreign adversarial agents is some McCarthy era shit and despicable same accusations were made about people resisting interstate buildouts - that these were national priorities, important for business growth and geopolitical power nevermind that you've essentially shifted the logistical burden from businesses having more expensives logistics onto residents who now have to deal with air pollution, noise, and exposure to high-fatality pedestrian accidents on the regular, and other facets of car-centered urban dev, you've gotta be a Commie to be saying mean things about Mr. Moses (ie Bezos)