Data Centers Are Destroying Your Town (And Making Billionaires Richer)

Dear Reader,

Trump stood next to Sam Altman on day one. Announced $500 billion for data centers.

Everyone cheered. "Jobs! Prosperity! AI revolution!"

• AI data centers are America's new oil refineries—massive, ugly, and making someone else rich—they gulp power, spike your electric bill 

• $500 billion invested, zero say for you—Trump announced it on day one. Your town gets the noise, the water drain, the power grid strain. Silicon Valley gets the profits..

• You can protest, but you can't stop it—900 people showed up in Bolingbroke, Georgia screaming "no." Google bought 950 acres down the road anyway. 

• A new presidential directive is forcing a multi-billion-dollar buildout. This is not a drill—it's a government-mandated wealth creation event.

Meanwhile, in Georgia, 900 people showed up to a town meeting screaming "get this thing out of our backyard."

Both things are true. And that tells you everything about how wealth actually works in America.

The Data Center Gold Rush

Here's what nobody tells you about data centers. They're massive. Millions of square feet. Miles of wiring. Hundreds of thousands of GPU chips at $30,000 each.

They consume hundreds of megawatt-hours of electricity. Run so hot they need engineering marvels just to cool them.

And they're printing money for tech companies while destroying local communities.

Let me explain.

Georgia Wanted Them (Until They Didn't)

In 2018, Georgia's legislature passed huge tax breaks for data centers. Equipment tax breaks. Job creation tax breaks. Property tax breaks.

"Come build here!" they said. "It'll be great for the economy!"

Companies came. Built everywhere. Especially near Atlanta.

Then people's power bills exploded.

The state Public Service Commission election—usually a snoozer—became a battleground. Incumbent Republicans got thrown out. People were furious.

Why? Because data centers suck massive amounts of electricity. Utilities add capacity to the grid. But guess who pays for those grid upgrades?

You do. Not the tech companies with their tax breaks. You.

The Bolingbroke Revolt

Monroe County, Georgia. Population 27,954. Someone wanted to build a data center near Bolingbroke. Population 492.

Town meeting. 900 people showed up. Nearly unanimous opposition.

The county commission shot it down. Victory for the people, right?

Wrong.

October rolls around. Google buys 950 acres down the road. Building a data center anyway.

That's how the game works.

The Jobs Lie

Developers always promise jobs. "This will bring prosperity! Employment! Economic growth!"

Here's reality: data centers employ almost nobody after construction ends.

These massive facilities—millions of square feet, hundreds of megawatts—run with skeleton crews. Maybe a dozen people. Maybe.

In Wyoming, Meta's planning a data center that uses more electricity than every household in the state combined.

How many permanent jobs? Nobody's saying. Because the number's embarrassing.

The Environmental Disaster

Data centers need three things: power, water, and more power.

Power comes from wherever. Often dirty sources. xAI threw methane generators at their Memphis facility. Polluting like crazy.

"What about nuclear?" Sure. Takes a decade to build. Maybe longer.

Water usage? Massive. And secret. Many states are trying to force disclosure because companies won't say how much they're using.

And noise. Constant machine hum. 24/7. 365 days a year. "A highway that never stops."

Your new neighbor. Forever.

Follow the Money

Here's what's really happening. Tech companies need AI infrastructure. Can't build it in California—too expensive, too regulated.

So they go to places like Georgia. Get massive tax breaks. Use local resources. Spike local power bills. Create almost no jobs.

Profits flow to Silicon Valley. Costs stay in Georgia.

Classic wealth transfer. From many to few. From poor to rich. From local communities to tech billionaires.

I've been teaching this for decades. The rich use the system. The poor pay for it.

The AI Excuse

"But it's for AI! It'll cure diseases! Create prosperity!"

Really? So far, AI's best trick is writing mediocre emails and making fake images.

Meanwhile, people worry it'll steal their jobs. Or worse.

And for what? So you can ask ChatGPT to write your grocery list?

The returns don't match the hype. But the data centers keep coming.

You Can't Stop Progress (But You're Paying For It)

This reminds me of the San Francisco tech bus protests. Over a decade ago.

Tech workers commuted on private buses. Used public roads. Paid nothing.

People protested. Blocked buses. Yelled at passengers.

The buses got regulated. And kept running. San Francisco's more gentrified than ever.

Same pattern here. People protest data centers. Sometimes they win a battle. Google builds one down the road.

You can't stop Google. But you pay the costs.

What This Means For You

If you live near a proposed data center site, your power bills are going up. Your water usage might be restricted. Your property values might drop.

If you own utility stocks, you might profit. If you own tech stocks, you're definitely profiting.

If you're just a regular person trying to get by? You're funding the AI revolution with higher electric bills.

That's the game.

Be On The Right Side

Trump announced $500 billion for data centers. Historic investment. American innovation. The future.

Meanwhile, communities nationwide are revolting. Screaming at town councils. Showing up 900 strong.

Both things are true.

The rich invest in infrastructure that makes them richer. The costs get pushed to local communities. The jobs never materialize. The promises prove empty.

And the data centers get built anyway.

This is how wealth works in America. Always has been.

The question isn't whether data centers are good or bad. The question is: are you on the side that profits or the side that pays?

Tech companies are on one side. Local communities are on the other.

Figure out which side you're on. Then position accordingly.

Because the AI revolution is happening. With or without your permission.

And somebody's getting rich from it.

Make sure it's you.

Kiyosaki Uncensored 

P.S. Don't forget, the "emergency auction" mandated by the President is not a future event—it's happening now. The 15-year contracts that will create a new class of energy millionaires are being awarded as we speak. Every day you wait, another deal gets signed, and another opportunity is gone forever. The time to act is not next week or tomorrow, but right now.

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