I don’t think the permitting is the problem. The problem is Not that they didn’t pay to get the permits and wait for the bureaucracy to approve them.

The problem is they shouldn’t have been doing any of this in the first place there isn’t the power generation locally to power these data centers and even when there is the prices for everyone who lives there will skyrocket.

The whole point of having regulatory oversight so that rich people can’t just build whatever the fuck they want where they want it quickly before anyone can do anything about it. Permit is just legalized bribery. If you don’t go through the steps and pay the local municipality they don’t give you the permit.