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Trueblue1968

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30. Burning them down? Or blowing them up. Firework display. Folks will get furious.

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Fri May 15, 2026, 06:44 PM

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Data centers and water (WHAT WATER??) Two stories from yesterday, [View all] niyad 16 hrs ago OP

This industry needs to crash hard, the sooner the better. hunter 16 hrs ago #1

I fear me you are correct. niyad 15 hrs ago #2

cautionary tell from sci-fi writers seem to be manifesti Attilatheblond 15 hrs ago #3

It does appear that way. niyad 14 hrs ago #8

Remember the good old days dweller 15 hrs ago #4

Yes, I remember. That bastard t boone pickens comes immediately niyad 14 hrs ago #9

They got mad angrychair 14 hrs ago #5

The force response will be incredibly ugly. niyad 14 hrs ago #10

Burning them down? Or blowing them up. Firework display. Folks will get furious. Trueblue1968 7 hrs ago #30

Never allow a data center in your state, and certainly not in your own community FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #6

They are certainly greasing enough palms here. This city has always niyad 14 hrs ago #11

Here's the hitch as I see it Johnny2X2X 14 hrs ago #7

A truly depressing prospect. niyad 14 hrs ago #12

Here's the problem with your hitch jmowreader 14 hrs ago #13

They usually try to work it so they don't pay ANY taxes, so the community PAYS ALL COSTS for them! FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #15

A lot of 'old' technology will have to be written off as a loss, as it will never pay for its own upkeep. nt eppur_se_muova 47 min ago #36

According to the site below, there are 4,288 operational data centers in the US. patphil 14 hrs ago #14

Thank you for the information and the link. niyad 14 hrs ago #16

Opportune time to repost this ... dweller 13 hrs ago #17

"Rinse and repeat" FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #28

Socialism vs. fascism Ksout 13 hrs ago #18

Tis a puzzlement. Actually, it is not surprising in the least, as long niyad 13 hrs ago #21

Is this a pattern? supernova 13 hrs ago #19

Google "ai centers in the American west" for any number of articles. niyad 13 hrs ago #22

Yep. It's unreal what's going on. And fast. jeffreyi 12 hrs ago #24

This needs to have national attention Prairie_Seagull 13 hrs ago #20

I would hope so as well, but we have too many bought politicians niyad 13 hrs ago #23

These data centers contribute nothing to the lives of regular people. Who LoisB 11 hrs ago #25

Well, that will kill us all off, so we won't need these resources. niyad 5 hrs ago #31

That is so true and they don't give a rat's behind. LoisB 4 hrs ago #35

It's insanity themaguffin 11 hrs ago #26

It is indeed! niyad 5 hrs ago #32

DISGUSTIPATING Faux pas 9 hrs ago #27

YES!! niyad 5 hrs ago #33

My family visited that beautiful environment last summer. Passages 7 hrs ago #29

Instead, public lands are now opened to the extraction gods. niyad 5 hrs ago #34

We need to hear the names of the CORPORATIONS building these centers -- eppur_se_muova 42 min ago #37