Why are city councils all over America approving AI data centers even when the people don't want them?
I've been seeing more and more videos online of local debates and community forums around AI data centers and I've been wondering why are these local leaders even bothering approving them? Are the tech companies paying them? If it was a governor or senator I could understand how tech companies could be paying for campaigning and how these politicians would do everything in their power to please them but is that really happening at the local level?
Like all they would have to do is have a basic community vote on the issue and all of these problems would be solved. But these council members for small towns and cities seem hell bent on destroying their towns for seemingly little to no personal benefit.