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The Political Hot Potato: AI Data Centers
Bigun:
--- Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on Thursday, May 21, 2026 09:25 am ---China will be happy to take their AI datacenters.
NIMBY's are the Chi-coms' best friends.
Every investment delay is a win for the Chi-coms.
America would never finish the Manhattan project if it had to be done in the modern era.
Put the datacenters in West Virginia ... proximity to coal and natural gas to generate power.
If you can't build the pipelines to distribute natural gas, and you can't build the power lines to distribute electricity ... build the power plants next to the coal mines or natural gas wells ... and build the datacenter next to the powerplants.
Other businesses may be attracted by potentially lower electricity costs achieved by proximity to energy.
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Make datacenters provide their own electricity and require closed loop cooling systems. It's not difficult.
corbe:
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berdie:
--- Quote from: Bigun on Thursday, May 21, 2026 09:51 am ---Make datacenters provide their own electricity and require closed loop cooling systems. It's not difficult.
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That is the answer. However, I am a NIMBY. happy77
Weird Tolkienish Figure:
--- Quote from: Bigun on Thursday, May 21, 2026 09:51 am ---Make datacenters provide their own electricity and require closed loop cooling systems. It's not difficult.
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Be interesting if all commercial and industrial endeavors were required to produce their own power henceforth. Each industrial park would have their own power plants.
Idiot:
We currently have THREE huge data centers being constructed around the town in which I live, one being the largest in the world. One of them will be partially powered by mini-nuclear reactors. They are ruining our town and all of the locals hate them. We've have an influx of 20,000 + people. There's not a motel room, apartment, or vrbo to be found within an hours drive and if there is a motel room they are charging $800-$1000 a night for a stay....insane. Our crime rate has skyrocketed, murders....robberies all way way up. The hundreds of rock trucks heading to each of them and the illegals driving them are causing all kinds of accidents. Plus they are absolutely destroying our streets. If you plan on going to the grocery store you'd better dang sure do it during the week because on weekends you can hardly walk in the doors. Google came in and bought an entire apartment complex evicting everyone for their employees to have. Rents have tripled, so lower income people are having to either move or end up living in their cars.
I HATE the data centers with a passion!
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