Wall Street is still blathering on about how Democrats will tighten AI regulations once they take office, but voters in the town below have already put the issue to rest: no data centers.

The funny thing is, this damn depreciation clock is still ticking away. Even IBM’s CEO admitted that this hardware has to be scrapped after just five years—you’re left holding the bag.

The local planning commission can hold a meeting next week and casually hit pause. The server room isn’t even powered up yet, but the hardware has already lost a year of value on the books. This isn’t a pullback; it’s a physical unplugging.