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themaguffin

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26. It's insanity

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Fri May 15, 2026, 02:44 PM

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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