@smallcircles
Good point.
@edri

@smallcircles

Why? It's not as if they don't know what they're doing. Or do you think they need to know their anti-human rights shady dealings have been found out? Maybe better to share this news with journalists?

@edri

@Hex
The hyper one, 85 mt high: https://extinctionrebellion.nl/extinction-rebellion-verzwakt-betonnen-fundering-datacenter-in-aanbouw-met-waterballonnen-met-chemische-vloeistof/ Technically illegal as it only got an environmental permit in effing 2025. Wonder who was responsible for that. Undoubtedly XR is going to be labelled terrorists soon.

And the one on Amstel-III, "only' 60 mt and just the first part, in a housing area too:
https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/239023/vergunning-verleend-voor-nieuw-datacenter-in-zuidoost

The Council did the same with the hotel room stops: only after year whatever and with multiple exemptions.
I so loath these people.

@hackbyte

@hackbyte
Nah, this is about Europe too. In the Netherlands it took decades of protests and actions like road blocks to change just a tiny bit of the car-centricity of this country. While still better than most countries, the Netherlands still has cars almost everywhere. And they're also getting bigger and deadlier.

Re AI: my city Amsterdam gets a hypercenter and a "regular" data center in the South-East while we also suffer a water shortage at the moment. This under a "left"-leaning city council.

@Hex

@LieschenrelleuM
Sure a vote ("put in power") could have some effect, but the idea of us putting people in power is a complete misreading of our Western democratic systems. It's a diversion of how power works here.

When all your politicians are pro-cars because"it's the future! it's freedom!", or turn pro-cars after the elections (see Labour UK) or when your "choice" is limited to 2 parties (see USA), you're not going to think yourself out of this situation.

@richpuchalsky @Hex

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@Hex/116941380970260366

Same with "AI is the new Industrial Revolution."

The Industrial Revolution was a violent and destructive development for most of the world.