Funny thing is, everything below data centers contribute more value to society than data centers.

Everybody stop investing in everything important and invest in this giant ponzi scheme!

Everyone who claims to be an economist.

Everyone who claims to be an investor.

Everyone who claims to understand business.

Couldn't stop this? Remember this when these experts claim to understand the economy and know what is best for you and I. They are full of shit.

This data is not beautiful.

Sad +1

AI isn't real, but it's gonna kill us all anyways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_disease

I'm with you on the ire, but that sort of graph is misleading to the extreme. It's like saying there's a new show on your TV and it has 64% more watchers this year than last year, where something established and long-running has 5% more or less. "Data centres" aren't new, but there's a new class of them being built. So they're by definition going to be that bar on your chart.

Percentage change is an indicator of what's new. Make this a chart of overall resources used and you've got something more representative and more honest if you're using this to drum up anger.

"What are you talking about, local development is booming!"

This is rough to see, blatant visualization of how they're robbing the future.

Sources Census release (Oct 1, 2026): https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/release.pdf Census private construction table (includes Data center row, Table 3 SEs): https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/privsa.pdf Census definitions: https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/definitions.html Census Feb 2024 notice that Data center is published under private Office: https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/pr202402.pdf BLS PPI, Aug 2026 summary: https://www.bls.gov/beta/nextgen/ppi/producer-price-index-2026-09-10.htm BLS PPI release, Sept 2026 (Oct 15, 2026): https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf BLS series via FRED, NSA: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/PPIFDC ; SA: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/PPIDCS

Can you give the link?