Not dumb, it’s part utility and part economics on our part. Many data center builds resemble prisons and are located similar to where prisons would be. Considerations would include not mainly energy costs but proximity, available manpower and minimal transportation costs. A is A.
Don’t think for a Jew York minute this was part of the SitAn. Our (il)legal system is fully integrated law, cops, courts and our prisons are privatized and predictably (controllably) profitable!
Besides, you don’t want—and we don’t want Canada to serve (or to be available!) as America’s Siberia.
