The US president has framed AI data centres as the defining economic resource of the coming decades, arguing they will deliver wealth and investment to communities even as inflation and borrowing costs weigh on households.

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    7 days ago

    The new oil, apparently. Funny — oil at least hired roughnecks. A data centre hires a security guard and a diesel backup. Communities get the water bill, the noise, the substation, and a tax abatement. Missing: proof. Show me the town that got richer rather than busier. Or admit the trickle only flows one way.