John Carmack on on the anti-datacenter conversation. https://t.co/iNtB5qIAlW https://t.co/F10cnutvre
Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-25
John Carmack publicly argues against anti-datacenter sentiment, drawing a parallel to how anti-nuclear activism harmed US nuclear power and urging that opposition to AI infrastructure based on unfounded fears should not go unchallenged.
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Topics: ai-infrastructuredata-centerspublic-opinionai-policy
Claims
- Anti-nuclear efforts largely strangled nuclear power in the US based on vibes, and Carmack fears the same pattern will damage AI infrastructure.
- Millions of people and organizations are getting great returns from AI, making demand for data centers a legitimate market signal.
- Current AI development represents a transition more vibrant than the industrial revolution.
- Opinions formed a couple of years ago about AI's uselessness are no longer valid.
Key quotes
I consider it a tragedy that anti-nuclear efforts largely strangled nuclear power in the US based on vibes, and I don't want to see that happen to AI.
I believe we are in the midst of a transition more vibrant than the industrial revolution.
The demand for data centers is the market responding to the value signal. That is how progress is made!