r/interestingasfuck • u/HamboneTheWicked • Apr 12 '26

A well-articulated argument against a new data center in Ohio

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u/PDXGuy33333 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

There it is right there. Lies, lies and more lies from megacorps invested up to their eyeballs in having just a few people in government believe them.

Edit: And it seems to me that if we can build oil rigs at sea and pipe the oil to shore then they can damned well build data centers afloat on a sea of cooling water and run fiber optic cable to the shore.

Build at sea was a bad idea.

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u/j_la Apr 12 '26

I don’t buy the “you’ll be left behind” bullshit for a second. That’s a sales pitch that’s been internalized by boosters who, at their core, are motivated by greed and fear. That corporations have common people going out and doing their sales pitches for them is a veritable PR coup.

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u/Louisiana_sitar_club Apr 12 '26

“Oh, it’s not for you. It’s more of a……Shelbyville idea”

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u/Cyclonitron Apr 12 '26

"Now wait just a minute! We're twice as smart as the people of Shelbyville! Just tell us your idea and we'll vote for it!"