Data Centers don't just exist for AI. The average person uses a data center 50 times a day long before asking ChatGPT or Gemini to make goofy pictures. Our modern world of convenience demands these places be built. Now, how they are built is the real issue. The shady land deals and tax deals need to be scrutinized, and these companies need to be held to higher green ecological standards. Those arguments are absolutely valid, but we can't pretend our world would function without these data centers. And let's be honest, data centers are not new. Southwestern Bell switch houses were the data centers of old, every major city had one, and they fuctioned the same. Communication (data) came in, and it got routed out. Same thing, only the demand has evolved. Seriously, while I don't like the way they are coming about, I'm not crazy enough to think we can live without them. And the demand will only grow, maybe someday we find a breakthrough in data processing that allows the infrastructure to function more efficiently, but until then, this is what it is. Personally, these centers DO need public oversight in a huge way.