this is the world I want to see 😍

[jupiter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@susankayequinn whats the exact story here? Asking for a friend, who's a fellow citizen.

[susankayequinn@wandering.shop]

@jupiter https://patch.com/new-jersey/newbrunswick/new-brunswick-city-council-kills-proposal-build-ai-data-center-100-jersey

[familiaralien@plush.city]

@susankayequinn @jupiter I'm glad you posted a link because I was wondering if this was somewhere in the US or if it was over here because there's a whole province in Canada named New Brunswick lol

[musiquenow@todon.eu]

@susankayequinn

Everyone reading this post! This is how you do it🎉

#FightBack

[toerror@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@susankayequinn Some inverse Paper and Ice shit right there. Bravo!
Also the first time I have seen this happen; Maybe it's the public bias toward bad news, but good grief do we need to see more of this.

[susankayequinn@wandering.shop]

@toerror it's far from the first time I've seen this happen -- the data centers are being blocked right and left. People do not want that shit in their neighborhoods and public awareness is really high about it. That's why the AI corps are trying to get the politicians at the federal level to make it *illegal* to block the data centers or regulate AI in any way. Because they're getting massive pushback.
https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report

[toerror@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@susankayequinn Good, and thanks.. I only hope this manages to happen in the UK before it's too late.

[susankayequinn@wandering.shop]

@toerror well, it only happens if we make it happen. I really don't believe in "too late" (or "too early" either!). The thing I think is most powerful in the world right now is making sure everyone knows they have *agency* in the world. They can do things differently and it doesn't just *matter*... *it is everything*. ✊

Here's what that looks like: https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/welcoming-the-stranger-and-fighting-the-power-a-roundup/

[pamelabarroway@mstdn.social]

@susankayequinn I know Charlie! He is a powerhouse in the New Jersey environmental scene as the Central Jersey Organizer for Food & Water Watch / Action. Fantastic news!

[zuilenv@mastodon.nl]

@susankayequinn Brunswick 🤔 That was once Bruinswijk, i guess.

[egodotlu@chaos.social]

@FamiliarAlien @susankayequinn @jupiter

So the needed an astroturfed weak reason¹ to bond together to get themselves a park?

Good for them i guess!

¹ https://policylab.rutgers.edu/publication/electricity-bills-and-ai-data-centers/

Just replace "AI" with "EVs":
"As a result, households are effectively subsidizing the EV boom."

~ 200.000 EV (Tesla S) ≃ EWR12 + NYM1 ≃ 64MW

[ericr@social.lol]

@susankayequinn My hackerspace was formerly at the location. We were kicked out during covid and told they were redeveloping the area for housing (it's at the edge of an industrial area close to mixed-use/residential). I would have been LIVID if they kick us out for a stupid data center in a stupid area. Also knew Charlie during college. Good man.