Protests against data centers might be hypocritical [letter]

An opinion piece published in LancasterOnline critiques the ongoing protests against data center development, specifically referencing a previous LNP | LancasterOnline article about "Rep. Izzy Smith-Wade-El joins calls for statewide moratorium on data centers." The author questions the sincerity of young protesters if they continue to use AI applications like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, which depend on large data centers for their operation. They label such protesters as "hypocrites" and part of the "NIMBY crowd." The letter also points out that CoreWeave's data center sites in Lancaster are located in areas already zoned for industrial use, not adjacent to residential developments. The author further argues that data centers are beneficial as they pay taxes without significantly increasing demand on fire, police, or school services, contrasting them favorably with "unaffordable apartment complex[es]."