2026-08-03 05:50 UTC
@jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz But, but... as our PM said, “Who cares what the government thinks or does? Our job is to be adult, adult, adult. The business leaders, the political leaders, and the community leaders working together, doing things differently. I set up the operating system. You go out there and smack it and go create the road."
I suspect those behind the data centre care very deeply about what the government does/did. And is this an example of "smacking it"? We deserve an answer.
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@jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz 2026-08-03 05:52
@paulh@cloudisland.nz The only thing Luxon's smacking is the NZ public's ability to afford to live here.
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@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz 2026-08-03 08:16
But wait. Datagrid have a (shhhhh) plan to use a lot more power than their original application suggests. They intend to take 25-30% of NZ's green power for this one data centre. There are four other AI data centres currently planned for Otago / Southland. https://mastodon.nz/@BobLefridge/116983695166523921 @paulh@cloudisland.nz @jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz