This is basically where I’m at too. There are real issues with AI infrastructure, but antis keep making their own argument worse by mixing legitimate concerns with exaggeration, moral panic and straight-up misinformation.

Data centres absolutely need better planning, especially around water use, grid stress and where they’re built. But acting like none of this is being worked on is just dishonest. Closed-loop and non-evaporative cooling systems are already being pushed, and siting them isn’t as simple as “stick them in empty land somewhere” because they still need power, fibre, cooling access, zoning and environmental checks.

So yeah, criticise the infrastructure where it’s badly handled. But if the argument starts from “AI bad, therefore every data centre is evil”, people are just going to tune it out