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Working class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy ones
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How many of them are build near wealthy neighborhood?
Five times fewer!
Could be 100x fewer, or 10,000x fewer. 5x fewer would mean that rich people and poor people resist DCs at the same rate, but that there are 5x fewer DCs in rich areas. But, my guess is that rich people would actually resist a lot more if someone dared to consider building a DC in their area... but that probably never happens, because why would a company buy up expensive real estate for a DC?
Given the noise pollution, and sometimes air pollution, as well as the water getting ruined, and the skyrocketing electric prices. Probably not many. Why would rich people put up with that if the povvos can break under it instead?
And how many people live in wealthy neighborhoods compared to poor ones?
Size of each demographic used for the statistics is in the article, approx. N=220 for each of them.