AOC challenged tech billionaires and fellow lawmakers during a committee hearing to live next to data centers, highlighting that none actually want to, despite pushing them elsewhere. The rhetorical point exposes the disconnect between those profiting from data center expansion and those bearing environmental and resource costs in their own communities. Data centers do consume enormous amounts of water and electricity, straining local infrastructure, but the broader debate involves real tradeoffs between job creation and environmental impact that AOC's framing doesn't fully address.