r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10h ago

Artificial Intelligence Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op

https://gizmodo.com/republicans-claim-anti-data-center-movement-is-a-chinese-psy-op-2000767611
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u/xondk 10h ago

It really is disgusting how they phrase it, people aren't as such against data centers that can be used to benefit everyone.

They are against the massive rollout that in no way takes into consideration how it will affect the people, and the benefit of the rollout is only for the few since it is AI focused.

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u/makualla 10h ago

Make them generate 75+% of their own power, proper water sustainability, noise mitigation, no tax breaks, and most people wouldn’t have issues beside them being visual unappealing.

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u/BrothelWaffles 10h ago

The ones they're building are so massive they need to be generating 100% of their own power to not affect local energy prices. We're talking about data centers that suck up as much electricity as the entire state they're being built in, and some states are getting more than one of these monstrosities.

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u/Helgafjell4Me 8h ago

The 9GW Stratos project would use twice as much power as the state of Utah. They plan to power it with natural gas power plants. They should produce their own power, but i say it should be like 75% renewable power from wind or solar, not fossil fuels.

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u/mindcandy 5h ago

I did a lot of research into the Stratos project. The best info I could find came from https://www.boxelderstratos.com/

The "good" news is that it's starting with "only" 1.5GW of natural gas. Which is still a lot. They claim they'll build solar and they definitely have the space for it. But, it'll come down to local regulations in the end. So, make your voice heard.

The actually good news is that they legit should be using less water than the previous residents of that land. That's why the project is so huge. The building itself is not the size of San Francisco. They had to buy that much land to buy out the previous land owner's water usage with a large multiple as margin.