Stop AI Data Centers
Data centers, including those for AI, are cropping up across Texas. If we are not exceedingly smart with their design, placement, and purpose, they will cause higher water and power bills, run water wells dry, and may hurt jobs.
- Data centers are causing massive inflation for computers, phones and tablets which working families, small businesses, and family farmers need to provide for themselves.
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Does not create long-term jobs. If anything, it is net negative for job creation, as however many jobs are "created," even more are "destroyed" by automation.
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Modernizing our infrastructure, busting monopolies, and investing in small businesses are better uses of our talent.
- Some billionaires want to turn all computing (for work, gaming, etc.) over to the cloud, which means they want working people to own nothing and pay subscription fees for everyone.
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There is no such thing as a "nuclear powered AI Data Center." For instance, are now building the world's second largest natural gas plant to power Project Matador (Amarillo).
The TX Ag Commissioner can stop, or at the very least buy time for locals and other officials to find different ways to stop, these irresponsible AI data centers from causing mass water/power inflation or harming . On Day 1 of the job, Clayton will issue "Ag Impact Studies" to force data centers to be honest with their resource consumption. This will also slow them down considerably. Clayton will also help locals set up "Ag Development Districts" so that locals can fight back.
For a data center to be considered responsible, it must:
- Not cause power disruptions or inflation.
- Use brackish or other non-drinking water in a sustainable way, thereby not causing water bill inflation.
- Use unionized Texas labor for construction and maintenance.
- Pay fair and adequate taxes to their local community.
- Not contribute to the the inflation of RAM, computer memory, or other components leading to inflation of electronics.
- Not to be placed on prime farmland.
- Not be used to automate jobs away, used to promote propaganda, or be used to create a subscription economy where working people own nothing and billionaires own everything.
Data centers, including those for AI, are coming to mess with Texas. With them will come higher water and power bills, dry water wells, and no real jobs. These data centers are of, by, and for Wall Street. They will harm both Main Street families and County Road farms. We need an Agriculture Commissioner who will fight to stop all irresponsible AI data centers from causing mass utility inflation and who will put Texans first, not Wall Street or Big Tech.
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