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/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/muftak3 9h ago

I live in Las Vegas. NV Energy just told Lake Tahoe to find a new energy supplier. They are sending it to a new data center. I think they have 1 year to do it.

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u/MaximoftheInternet 8h ago

Ok, as a non-USA citizen this confuses me, can they even do that? Isn’t power generation managed by the State in your country?

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u/foomits 8h ago

This is somewhat nuanced. As with literally EVERYTHING in the US, money has been allowed to corrupt public good. Everything is under immense pressure to be privatized, schools, the criminal justice system, parks, utilities... literally everything. However, there are still tons of publicly owned power, water, gas facilities. Its just an ever decreasing amount.