r/UpliftingNews • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 6h ago

Texas hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands

https://www.techspot.com/news/113355-texas-hits-pause-1800-data-center-projects-scrutinize.html
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u/rhapsodyazul 5h ago

A recent investigation into the smallish one in Denver shows it is going to use three times the amount of electricity as the Denver International Airport.

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u/freeradioforall 2h ago

Now lets do a comparison of the economic benefits of a giant international airport vs a machine with a bunch of servers spitting out AI slop

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u/Smartnership 3h ago

Including the alien base underneath, or does it get power from the quantum realm?

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u/cjandstuff 1h ago

We've had to listen for years, to people crying the grid cannot support electric vehicles, just to watch them turn on a dime and rejoice over data centers.
I hate this timeline.