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popsdenver

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37. It takes huge amounts of Electricity

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:57 PM

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to run one of these data centers........What do you think the electrical power generation plants use for fuel for their generators??????

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Bet ya Trump will make this illegal: it makes too much sense [View all] applegrove Thursday OP

Interesting but I doubt it will happen here only because it sounds expensive newdeal2 Thursday #1

If it adds a nickel of cost to the opium dreams of AI developers, it will never happen. hatrack Thursday #2

Excellent true words! chouchou Thursday #19

And if it additionally drmeow Thursday #40

NIMBY modrepub Thursday #8

Unless they charge users for the heat and/or energy Auggie Thursday #13

Here in the AZ borderlands, where people face drilling deeper well to reach lowering, disappearing water table Attilatheblond Thursday #22

Finland has a centralized network of underground pipes to distribute steam (geothermal).... pat_k Thursday #41

Finland's underlying granite is home to lots of infrastructure. thought crime Thursday #46

Yeah, it makes way too much sense. sop Thursday #3

Never work in the USA - it it's not making a profit it is dead on arrival. walkingman Thursday #4

Yeah. This would save on heating costs. Trump only applegrove Thursday #6

BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Thursday #9

What about all the data centers in the South? Ursus Rex Thursday #5

An argument for moving data centers to Alaska or more densely populated cold places in the "snowbelt." pat_k Thursday #42

This is a nice thing OnionPatch Thursday #7

Please explain how that helps the fossil fuel industry. JohnnyRingo Thursday #10

Are you talking to me? It doesn't help the fossil fuel industry. applegrove Thursday #11

I was being sarcastic. JohnnyRingo Thursday #12

Sorry. I get it now. I didn't think you were a troll applegrove Thursday #14

I was being sarcastic again. JohnnyRingo Thursday #17

LOL! applegrove Thursday #18

Well, I for one knew where you were coming from in the first few words. Cheers! erronis Thursday #16

It takes huge amounts of Electricity popsdenver Thursday #37

Of course it helps the fossil fuel industry... NewLarry Thursday #26

Rec jfz9580m Thursday #45

And when they finally figure out the data centers are worthless and shut them down? erronis Thursday #15

Putting them underground also helps with noise and space constraints IronLionZion Thursday #20

Thank You Or Posting This! Rendville Thursday #21

Trump would have his peons bomb the place. twodogsbarking Thursday #23

Finland and Iceland are already positioned to take advantage of this kind of technology... Ol Janx Spirit Thursday #24

Yeah, he'll call them underground wind mills or some such shit. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #25

I don't know. Sounds kind of "woke" to me. If it's not coal, Trump isn't interested. Vinca Thursday #27

Acushnet Process Company, which started making Titleist golf balls, used to heat the building in the winter from...... usaf-vet Thursday #28

Yes computers were huge back in the day. applegrove Thursday #29

WWBOD? - What Would Big Oil Do? JoseBalow Thursday #30

Good one! calimary 22 hrs ago #47

Inefficient use of a wasteful process's leftovers. marble falls Thursday #31

Inefficient use is better than no use at all. Shipwack Thursday #34

Trump doesn't have to make this illegal. In most of the country we can't do this at all. jmowreader Thursday #32

Reminds me of the Minnesota Supercomputer Center GopherGal Thursday #33

Fa geta bout it! This is only possible when you have government oversight and an educated populace. flashman13 Thursday #35

Silly me popsdenver Thursday #36

Considering that the U.S. is 29 times the size of Finland, I'm pretty sure this is a problem of scale, and not ancianita Thursday #38

If would probably. work in large cities if there were still large tenements. LiberalArkie Thursday #39

District heat networks? In America you pay to have your data-center heat delivered in a truck. paulkienitz Thursday #43

Given the places it would make sense, seems to me it's a great "blue state" (subset: snowbelt) initiative. pat_k Thursday #44