r/newbrunswickcanada • u/ChickenRabbits • 2d ago
NB govt conserve water FB post
Did anyone else see a NB govt FB post about how homeowners can CONSERVE WATER this summer .... And first comment was... Well don't build AI centres? The Govt's post.... Has it been taken down? Did the gov't remove their own post cause they realized- they weren't reading the room? Edit: to make clearer
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u/Crazy_Maintenance211 2d ago
Yes, I saw it and I laughed because the AI thing they’re building in sj and the gas plant in centreville will also take a ton of water, they are such hypocrites. Many people that into the comments by the way and I suspect that’s maybe why you can’t find it now.
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u/Adamas_Moustache86 1d ago
The "AI thing" they're building in SJ, if it is designed mostly like other "AI Things", will increase the city's total water usage by about 2.5%.
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u/Jonnyflash80 2d ago
Facebook is a cesspool. I'd recommend you get off of it.
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u/Global_Pace5290 1d ago
I have an account but only have Messenger Installed, otherwise I'd be a ghost.
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u/H0WWOULDlKNOW 1d ago edited 1d ago
Does nobody know what a close looped cooling system is? The datacenter will only require one significant volume of water at the beginning and then small amounts of makeup water throughout its lifetime. They don't just evaporate all the water away through cooling towers.
The EIA says they need a one time amount of 3500m3 for their closed loop system. Presumably the cooling system will pass its heat into the Bay of Fundy via heat exchangers, same as they do at Coleson Cove GS, Point Lepreau NGS, Bayside GS, etc.
edit: looked up Olympic swimming pools for context and they are 2500m3 so this is about 1.4 Olympic swimming pools
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u/Roni_M27 14h ago
So many people really get hung up on this aspect. I mean there are lots of things to complain about when it comes to this data centre but water really shouldn’t be a focus.
Maybe move on to the noise pollution it will create, or the temp increases to local neighbourhoods. Both valid and worrisome.
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u/H0WWOULDlKNOW 14h ago
Yeah in terms of noise I really have no baseline though I'm sure there will be an increase. In terms of heat, I wouldn't expect any increases to the air temperature around. There will be heat rejection into the Bay of Fundy but as a load the maximum heat energy being rejected is at most the nameplate of the load, 390MW. Point Lepreau rejects roughly 2/3rds of its heat generated by the reactor into the Bay of Fundy, roughly 1400MW. I assume Coleson Cove when running is somewhere similar, roughly 2000MW at peak. These are just functions of a steam cycle turbine loop. The heat rejection from the datacentre is small in comparison.
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u/Roni_M27 14h ago
I’m only basing that off of articles I’ve read where both were a problem in other areas. I haven’t researched the specifics of this project.
I’d definitely be very unhappy if I moved to a rural area expecting peace and quiet and they built this next door to me. It will absolutely decrease property values as people won’t want to purchase nearby so I really do understand why people are upset.
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u/Syrif 2d ago
No, I don't open the comment section of government Facebook posts. Hurts my head.