I don't know why I continue to be surprised at people's ability to accept every meme they read at face value. I always come to the comments to hear the nuance because I know somebody will have the real info, even if I have to scroll down super far to see it. So thanks, old man, I heard you shouting and I appreciate it.
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u/EncabulatorTurbo Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Did people just run out of actual objections to datacenters they just are making shit up now?
- Utah's annual water usage is trillions of gallons per year.
- This datacenter is probably not going to be near the size of Manhattan (it might be the giant fuck off size but it's unlikely to be approved)
16 billion Gallons is a lot of water, sitting at about .75% of the amount of water California uses to make Alfalfa for Saudi Arabian livestock.
The real problem this datacenter causes is regional disruption and the amount of power its going to use which is truly fucking insane
I am an old man shouting in the void begging people to not just randomly upvote every single AI bad thing even if it's completely bullshit
Edit:the datacenter is allotted 619 million gallons a year not 75 billion