• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    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