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FakeNoose

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6. Never allow a data center in your state, and certainly not in your own community

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2026, 11:17 AM

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They will lie and grease the palms of any politician to get the proper building permits etc..

Once they're in, everyone .... EVERYONE ... else is screwed.

Once they are in, you might as well pack up and leave immediately. They will take everything.

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

This industry needs to crash hard, the sooner the better. hunter Friday #1

I fear me you are correct. niyad Friday #2

cautionary tell from sci-fi writers seem to be manifesti Attilatheblond Friday #3

It does appear that way. niyad Friday #8

Remember the good old days dweller Friday #4

Yes, I remember. That bastard t boone pickens comes immediately niyad Friday #9

They got mad angrychair Friday #5

The force response will be incredibly ugly. niyad Friday #10

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

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

They are certainly greasing enough palms here. This city has always niyad Friday #11

Here's the hitch as I see it Johnny2X2X Friday #7

A truly depressing prospect. niyad Friday #12

Here's the problem with your hitch jmowreader Friday #13

They usually try to work it so they don't pay ANY taxes, so the community PAYS ALL COSTS for them! FakeNoose Friday #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 Yesterday #36

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

Thank you for the information and the link. niyad Friday #16

Opportune time to repost this ... dweller Friday #17

"Rinse and repeat" FakeNoose Friday #28

Socialism vs. fascism Ksout Friday #18

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

Privatize the profits, socialize the losses fujiyamasan Yesterday #38

Is this a pattern? supernova Friday #19

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

Yep. It's unreal what's going on. And fast. jeffreyi Friday #24

This needs to have national attention Prairie_Seagull Friday #20

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

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

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

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

It's insanity themaguffin Friday #26

It is indeed! niyad Friday #32

DISGUSTIPATING Faux pas Friday #27

YES!! niyad Friday #33

My family visited that beautiful environment last summer. Passages Friday #29

Instead, public lands are now opened to the extraction gods. niyad Friday #34

We need to hear the names of the CORPORATIONS building these centers -- eppur_se_muova Yesterday #37