We already had plenty of data centers in the US before the AI boom that weren't severely harmful to their neighbors. Cutting red tape is not the same as elimina

We already had plenty of data centers in the US before the AI boom that weren't severely harmful to their neighbors. Cutting red tape is not the same as eliminating meaningful regulation. There are plenty of old industrial sites that could be repurposed as data centers. It turns out it's cheaper to bribe some small town government to give you a tax cut and discounted electricity and water rate.