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They are working on installing a new data center in town, a bunch of the townsfolk are going all NIMBY to try and stop it, I'm trying to understand why?

I've toured a datacenter in California and it was a pretty straightforward thing: bunch of computers, cables air conditioning, a couple of people working there. I know there are some differences depending on the type of datacenter, but what am I missing? Why are all of these people up in arms over some rack servers?

SpaceX just kicked off IPO season and it looks like this will have some far reaching effects due to the way index funds have changed their rules to allow immediate inclusion of IPOS: https://youtu.be/iOyFja87uyw?si=F6NpJUXgk0oBZ_bp

Trying to understand the best way to handle the situation both from a passive investor and what this means for startups and entrepreneurship as a whole. Its likely there will be some fallout but maybe the public will invest in the brands and not the company fundamentals? What opportunities do you see?

I came from a sales background, and we were constantly using incentives to improve output from the team... when I moved into software a decade ago I found that incentives programs were basically unused. That seems soooooo weird to me. Does anyone work for a company who will provide any incentives not included in standard compensation (salary, RSUs, bonus, etc)? What are the results like?