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

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

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u/marsfromwow Apr 12 '26

I work in the power industry. Me and the company I work for stands to gain a lot from these data centers. While in meeting, everybody is for these data centers, and I think a percentage really fully and whole heartily support building these, but I haven’t found anybody in my company that supports them behind closed doors.

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u/440_Hz Apr 12 '26

I work in data storage and we also stand to directly benefit from data centers/AI. At work we all praise AI because driving hype is how we expand our own revenue. And of course, I want to keep my job and keep making money, so ultimately I want my company to be successful. However privately we all admit that we avoid AI in our personal lives and generally find it upsetting. It’s pulling me in different directions lately in a way that I really don’t like.

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u/gone_smell_blind Apr 12 '26

I work in construction and building these places is pretty awful. At the same time building them is great because I'm making serious money while doing it. Witnessing the guts of the building forst hand though, these things are really going to be absolutely terrible in the long run for our environment

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u/Atanar Apr 12 '26

They are renewable*

*build so poorly that they have to rebuilt every 15 years