Headline is damn near misinformation…
But that’s the guardian’s fault:
“In the face of rising demand and surging prices, I’m proposing a two-year pause on authorization of new datacenter tax credits,” Pritzker said. “With the shifting energy landscape, it is imperative that our growth does not undermine affordability and stability for our families.”
He wants to cut off new credits (which is good) but he’s a fucking billionaire and this plan would be a huge benefit to the ones who got in first.
We didnt even have time for this before we found out just the noise of data centers fucked people up.
Pausing shit ain’t enough, but no billionaire will ever put the people over profits. And Pritzker decides every single second of his life that he’d rather be a billionaire instead of our ally.
Stop expecting him to be
I agree, it’s no coincidence that a guy from a billionaire family is in power, but if you look at his record, and the things he says, I do believe he is using his platform for good. Trying to turn people on him in this political climate is exactly the kinda shit that causes the left to never get anything done.
He’s done nothing but good in Illinois since getting elected. If we’re going to start lopping off the billionaire class’ heads then I’d be campaigning to make his the last to fall.
Your proposed solution is to keep allowing data centers to be built all over the state which clearly no one wants, so the best we can do for now is stop any more new projects and figure out how to manage them.
Your proposed solution is to keep allowing data centers to be built all over the state which clearly no one wants
What?!
Are we just making shit up now?
He had two options. Allow new data centers to be built or put a moratorium on new data centers. If you’re mad that he chose the latter, then you support the former. If I’m missing something, please give me the thought process.
Maybe you can say more can be built with documentation of proper power sourcing, noise damping, permits, etc. But it wouldn’t be well received here. People would just say that the state is okay with it and just wants their cut. Plus at the end of the day, its just another data center owned my monstrously wealthy individuals. The upfront cost, hard/software complexity, and the economy of scale for data ensures that there is no mom and pop data centers. So competition within the space is already minimal.
He had two options.
Nope.
You keep saying untrue things, then going off on tangents based on the flawed premise.
It’s just wasting your time because there’s no reason for anyone to read further
Oh don’t be like that. I specifically asked you to provide a rebuttal if I was ignorant to something. 🙄
Then you should try asking someone what they would do instead of building atrawmans all day.
Ask someone else tho
Sure thing mister criticize but provide no insightful alternative.
Literally anyone else reading this, do you mind filling me in since givesomefucks can’t be bothered?
He’s done a lot of good I’m looking forward to his 2028 run.
Georgia is thinking of doing the same…
…along with ending a bunch of tax breaks on a bunch of other stuff, including some that might actually deserve them (rent-controlled apartments, EV chargers), and using it all as an excuse to cut the income tax even though the revenue gained wouldn’t even come close to offsetting the revenue lost.
https://www.wabe.org/big-georgia-income-tax-cuts-would-come-with-costs-to-residents/
