North Carolina advocate challenges data center support
An advocate in North Carolina challenges the support for data center expansion, arguing that the economic benefits primarily serve wealthy individuals and big businesses, rather than the general population. She criticizes the prioritization of profit over the tangible costs to real people and jobs.
Sarah Mosseller, an advocate in North Carolina, is questioning the widespread support for data center expansion across the state. She challenges the common argument that these developments boost the economy, asserting that the benefits disproportionately accrue to the wealthiest 10%, who control a vast majority of household wealth, corporate stocks, and publicly traded stock.
Mosseller argues that prioritizing data center construction is a move to protect the profits of wealthy individuals and large corporations. She highlights that these entities are increasingly using artificial intelligence to automate both blue-collar and white-collar jobs, contrasting this with what she describes as the "real tangible life and death costs of real people." Her commentary suggests a fundamental disagreement with the economic justifications presented for data center growth, advocating for a focus on people over profit.