Conviction founder Sarah Guo argues that opposition to new datacenters is a degrowth ideology limiting human capability

Anti-datacenter is a luxury belief

cc @robkhenderson

@saranormous who’s actually against more energy though?

@saranormous Hell yes. Build more, grow smarter.

@saranormous I’m not anti data center but this still reads deranged.

@saranormous it's not about data centers or growth, lol, it's about the companies that hate the people and who the people hate

@saranormous Anti-data-centre politics easily becomes anti-capability politics. The serious answer is not degrowth. It is power abundance: generation, transmission, cooling, siting, heat reuse and local compensation.

yeah but the warren, sanders, AOC contingent understand the lack of a “belief system” for the long tail and how to exploit

those in poverty or a position where they feel like the system is against them dgaf about anything other than the next meal

will follow the next best “leader” that makes them feel wanted and heard

@saranormous People claim heat dissipation is difficult in space. Turn the moon into a heat sink.

@saranormous Orbital data centers don't make economic sense yet, LCO is off the charts

@saranormous there's definitely a blend of innovation and responsibility here that we need.

@saranormous The real problem isn't datacenters, it's that energy pricing doesn't reflect scarcity.

If you paid the true cost of power at 3am in Texas vs 3pm, workloads shift naturally.

Make pricing honest instead of banning the infra.