the problem here is that saying "we need another year to figure it out" is explicitly not "doing your job" you should've been figuring out what requirements you want datacenters to abide by the past few years + alongside them while they build now your job isnt to halt progress https://x.com/GovKat
@jon_charb·Jul 15, 2026·2 sources·neutral
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A critic argues that a government official should have already established data center requirements rather than delaying progress.
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the problem here is that saying "we need another year to figure it out" is explicitly not "doing your job" you should've been figuring out what requirements you want datacenters to abide by the past few years + alongside them while they build now your job isnt to halt progress https://x.com/GovKat
@jon_charb
Jul 15, 2026
its admirable to want to ensure datacenters benefit the local communities they build in but "we need more time to fix it" is the new "we need more tax dollars to fix it" more time isnt the blocker anymore than more tax dollars are, theyre just taking the easy political cop out
@jon_charb
Jul 15, 2026