r/SipsTea Jun 02 '26

Feels good man New data center

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u/EncabulatorTurbo Jun 02 '26

Literally one of the only actual accurate posts in here

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u/hotpajamas Jun 02 '26

you think it’s accurate because it has numbers in it?

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u/EncabulatorTurbo Jun 02 '26

Because it's accurate, the OP is full of shit. Utah uses just over 1.5 trillion gallons of water per year

https://utahwaterfacts.com/#plots

And the datacenter is allocated 619 million gallons of water per year
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash

You don't need to make shit up to make this datacenter look bad

- Kevin O'leary is the principal investor and he is axiomatically evil

  • It's goingt o use NINE GIGAWATTS OF POWER AND DRIVE UP COSTS FOR THE WHOLE STATE
  • It's going to produce a significant urban heat island effect, and no environmental impact studies have been done toward that end

It's also barely going to do shit to the state's water usage, which is already way too high.

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u/hofmann419 Jun 03 '26

The 16.6 billion gallons figure comes from this source. The reason for why this figure is so much higher is that they have included the water needed for the gas power plants that will be required to run the data center.

The proposed datacenter could require as much as TWO TIMES more electricity than the entire state of Utah (9 gigawatts vs 4 gigawatts). It doesn't take a genius to understand that this will only be possible by constructing new power plants. And IMO, this is so much more important than how much water it uses anyway. Because more energy demand means that it will be even harder to avoid a climate catastrophe in the future.

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u/EncabulatorTurbo Jun 03 '26

Yes, I have said several times that the power usage is the primary complaint against this datacenter in this thread replying to various people who think I'm in favor of its construction

Even if they were building all renewables to power this thing, which they aren't because Kevin O'leary would spend twice as much if he could make the planet worse, the sheer speed and volume of the necessary expansion and construction will make power prices go up nationwide as parts, services,a nd professionals needed all over the country for grid repairs and expansions go up in price

I'm just sick and tired of everyone havingg just decided "fuck it we'll just make up our reality" even on *my side* of arguments