Bipartisan Rage: When Even AI Can't Buy Silence with Water
Yes, ordinary citizens are fuming that Amazon and Google's server farms are guzzling local water supplies and jacking up electricity costs. The article frames this as a novel phenomenon – 'red and blue' joining forces. But where was this bipartisan outrage, and more importantly, this mainstream media coverage, when utility companies were hiking rates to pay for fossil fuel infrastructure, or when
private equity firms stripped public services bare? The common denominator? When it's clear corporate profits directly, immediately, and undeniably hit the average ratepayer's wallet, then and only then does the establishment media find 'bipartisan' agreement. Before that, it's just 'market forces' or 'necessary development.' One might wonder why the systematic economic draining of working-class
communities, often fueled by decades of deregulation that allowed these same tech giants to bypass environmental and resource oversight, only becomes a problem when it's so egregiously visible you can practically see the water evaporating from your tap bill. (Perhaps because the politicians who enabled this also enjoy considerable tech-lobbying 'donations.')