Yeah, good question. I think it depends on our politics. If we’re in a techno-capital-oligarchy, people are going to have a hard time making fresh water a priority when the robots would prefer to build nuclear power everywhere and use it to desalinate sea water.
OTOH if these data centers are sufficiently decentralized and run for public benefit, maybe there’s a chance we use them to solve collective action problems.
OTOH if these data centers are sufficiently decentralized and run for public benefit, maybe there’s a chance we use them to solve collective action problems.