@kittson @Kjaerulv @ChrisMayLA6 These Data Centres for the most part don't even exist yet, and requiring proper environmental impact assessments will for the most part either block them or send them back to the design stage, to comply. This is what we should be concentrating on. This boom and bust could happen before they are built and before any of the relatively few jobs they create come to be.

@kittson @Kjaerulv @ChrisMayLA6 You're not going to get these global knock-on effects of a boom and bust from a particular sector with low job numbers.

It won't be good, but you're over-hyping without real basis.

@kittson @Kjaerulv @ChrisMayLA6 You're overhyping the global effect of this. We had a global downturn in 2008, we had an IT downturn around the millenium. That is what this will be.

Your point about Tech companies wanting selfish regulation is noted, but isn't a response to the point about needing "better" regulation.

You come across therefore as dismissing the need for regulation at all, because the bad actors want their own kind, as well as ignoring the point about low job nos.

@annehargreaves @kittson @ChrisMayLA6 This is a good point, because computer chip technology is still evolving. These proposed centres need robust impact assessments for the environment and longevity.

@kittson @Kjaerulv @ChrisMayLA6 I think you're mixing up your boom and busts.
The AI bubble is far more akin to the dot.com bubble of the late 90s early 2000s.
The problems with any and all data centres, AI or cloud or general use, is the environmental impact. This has long been a problem that the focus on AI has finally highlighted.
AI isn't going away. It needs better regulation, legislation & oversight. Planning & implementation also needs to account for improvements in Tech.