construction of data centers is on an increasing trajectory ...
... while construction of nearly everything else (housing, commercial properties, etc) is on a decreasing trajectory
it's a zoomed-in scale on the chart, but this trend would be striking even zoomed out
gift link to [@TPM](https://flipboard.com/@TPM ) op-ed discussing how these inform the anti-data-center sentiment: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/its-the-ai-economy-were-just-living-in-it/sharetoken/f5bc3c9e-78f2-4f2c-929c-26698f919f48
