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Data centre opposition only pushes construction to the parts of America that regulate energy and pollution least.

Drawn from what Thomas Ptacek said

Subjectsdata centersenergyAmerica

Mental modelSecond-order thinking

On the topicCan a rich country still build things?under our view: What gets built is decided by who objects and where they live On the topicWhere does the energy come from, and what is stopping it?under our view: What is scarce is not the technology but permission to build

What Thomas Ptacek actually said

  1. Thomas Ptacek Security engineer; founder of Matasano Security and Latacora
    It seems pretty clear that the only thing data center opposition is doing is pushing data center construction to the (many) places in America that won't regulate energy or pollution. Weird thing to pat oneself on the back for.

    ↗@tqbf on Xx.com

    10 Aug 2026

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