This chart offers a reminder of how dependent the U.S. economy's growth is on the data-center buildout. Rising borrowing costs threaten those investments.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-09-02-2026/card/one-great-chart-the-u-s-economy-ai-jSUnMuhe71BUTSgVJmVt

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[–] doubledealer@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

lmao this feels like a setup by pointing out how these could be habitable, but I'll spoiler the pragmatic, most likely based on timing, but not best-for-community use-case because it's not in the spirit of your question.

spoiler

D~~ata~~etention Centers

Large concrete buildings with no visibility in or out, a short drive for ICE from anywhere. Plenty of space for the immigrants, dissidents, and other undesirables. And since The Government didn't have to build them* and can buy or lease them cheap when AI bursts, this will be a beautiful deal for the Taxpayers, maybe the most beautiful and artistic deal of all time.

*not counting the subsidies, tax breaks, and bailouts

Sorry. I hope I'm wrong.