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Data centers in Silicon Valley stand empty, awaiting power
(www.latimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2025
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How many unemployed people do you know in the trade? You can’t learn it overnight. Existing projects are underway, and the equipment needs to be built.
Edit - reread the summary there and they broke ground in 2019; you’re right that’s silly.
We are looking at the mistake of allowing capital to offshore everything in the 70's and 80's. China didn't force those companies to stop maintaining their existing infrastructure and outsource all their manufacturing overseas, they chose it in the interest of lower costs.