POCATELLO — An application that would allow the potential construction of an artificial intelligence data center has been denied. On Monday, the minutes were posted for a public hearing in front of the Pocatello Hearing Examiner, which saw more than 90 people share testimony on a conditional use permit to build an AI data center […]
  • EpeeGnome@feddit.onlineEnglish
    1 hour

    It’s worth noting that the city says it was denied because their application was missing required information, not due to the large public outcry. They further noted that the company can fix those issues and ask for the application to be reconsidered, which would skip the public input.

    Sounds to me like they might just be making sure there’s no technicality issues to protect from possible lawsuits after they ignore the public and allow it anyway. We’ll see, I guess.

    • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      They probably warehouse and index a lot of woke data. So yeah, MAGA get on it, data centers are woke!