The digital rentiers are scared

The AI Billionaires are afraid. Public pressure is mounting. We, the poors, are organizing and laying claim to what's ours: our livelihoods, our neighborhoods, and our economic destiny.Here in my home state of Maine, our legislature passed a bipartisan bill that would have placed a moratorium on the construction of data centers. The bill was defeated by a veto from Maine's corpolobbyist-in-chief Governor Janet Mills. Why? Get this: the bill didn't carve out an allowance for her pet-project data center at an abandoned paper mill in the town of Jay.Yet, despite our lobbyist governor's dissent, the anti-data center sentiment is strong. And not just in Maine.The fight for your communityPhoto by Madhu Gowda BP / UnsplashIn Monterey Park, California, residents were the first in the nation to pass a ballot initiative which permanently banned the construction of data centers. In fact, 86% of residents voted in the affirmative for the bill. Imagine getting 86% of your neighbors to agree on…