At this point? Justifying building stuff because our lords have said it's time to accept the inevitable. — Moliere

The story of the roll-out does justify a feeling that it has been imposed, rather than introduced. There's an impression that the policy is to get it out there and embedded and sort out any problems afterwards - or don't sort them out and force us to accept whatever we are given. But the world was ready for it. How come? It's been a dream for decades.

There are cities wanting data centers since our lords have pointed: not just manufacturing, but energy firms and city councils. — Moliere

Well, yes. Everybody wants the latest thing. In a way, no different from the latest fashion in clothes or music.

Though, yes, the point is not what it actually does for us as much as it's what it makes for thems owning the architecture we are currently communicating with. — Moliere

Well, yes. The prospect of a fat profit is always an incentive.
But I think there's more than that to it. There's a prospect of finally getting workers who can do any job under any conditions without all the messy issues that come with employing human beings. There's a vision of god-like entities that will tell us how to solve all our problems. Disappointment will set in eventually.