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Empty MaybeFamily forced to sell home to help power data centers
Sell your home, or the state will take it — that's the ultimatum some homeowners in Georgia say they are facing amid the AI boom.
Utility giant Georgia Power is planning to build a new transmission line to in part help power new data centers. It estimates 70-80% of the power on the new line will help serve data centers and the remaining 20-30% of power will serve the state's growing residential and commercial demand.
According to the company, increasing demand has outpaced the capacity of its existing grid and building a new transmission line requires acquiring more than 300 parcels of land, including residential properties.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ … 49250.html
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Re: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
There NEEDS to be a fixed formula for eminent domain seizures. Twice or three times the actual property value is reasonable if IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
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Empty MaybeRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
It's in the PUBLIC INTEREST of the AI bubble!
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Re: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Empty Maybe wrote:
It's in the PUBLIC INTEREST of the AI bubble!
The AI industry bumped RAM prices 10x, they shouldn't mind paying 3x for the needed land.
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SockpuppetRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Baggers got what they voted for. 
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Empty MaybeRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
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The AI industry bumped RAM prices 10x, they shouldn't mind paying 3x for the needed land.
It's the power company buying land, they don't have the sucker capital.
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Empty MaybeRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Sockpuppet wrote:
Baggers got what they voted for.
Don't think it's related. The AI bubble would have the same consequences with Democrats.
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SockpuppetRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Empty Maybe wrote:
Don't think it's related. The AI bubble would have the same consequences with Democrats.
No. First world blue states have zoning and environmental regulations.
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Empty MaybeRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Sockpuppet wrote:
No. First world blue states have zoning and environmental regulations.
Wow! No eminent domain seizures in blue states!
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Re: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Empty Maybe wrote:
It's the power company buying land, they don't have the sucker capital.
So they want to expand... and they want to do it on the cheap? Unlike everyone else in the chain. 
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SpankyRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Empty Maybe wrote:
Wow! No eminent domain seizures in blue states!
It can happen but less likely since we will force the corporations to build somewhere with less impact.
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Empty MaybeRe: Family forced to sell home to help power data centers
Spanky wrote:
It can happen but less likely since we will force the corporations to build somewhere with less impact.
I doubt that. The power company will say that there's no other place. You will just force corporations to hire more drag queens.
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