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re: Data center fear porn is the new nuclear power fear porn
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:35 am to DVinBR
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:35 am to DVinBR
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We love clouds of space junk in orbit don't we
Most of the western companies have end of life plans that let their equipment "fall" back into the atmosphere and burn away
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Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:39 am to TideSaint
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Where are those new mini nuclear reactors we heard about last year?
I believe the Department of War was looking into setting them up for military installations.
They are being rolled out all over. There is actually one going in Parsons KS. Not a data center application but they are finally getting through approval processes.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:44 am to Scruffy
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One of the bigger issues is that some new fandangled concept gets pushed every decade or so, gets built in small town areas with the promise of wealth generation, ultimately produces very little wealth, ends up falling apart and costing the region money, then shuts down, and leaves the region on the hook for something that is now useless.
Except one month a year...
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:48 am to Tigeralum2008
constant meteor showers of spacex satellites burning up lmao
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:48 am to TideSaint
Modular nuclear reactor
This is the version that the Google datacenter project in west Texas will eventually be powered by.
This is the version that the Google datacenter project in west Texas will eventually be powered by.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:48 am to Tigeralum2008
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Most of the western companies have end of life plans that let their equipment "fall" back into the atmosphere and burn away
It'd be a fun job to be a space garbage man. You get to press the death button and monitor all the shite falling and burning.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:49 am to hawgfaninc
I don't want to live close to an airport. A data center would be no different.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:50 am to hawgfaninc
The constant sound output from Data Centers is actually insane. If one opens up near your house, your properly value just tanked massively
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:51 am to boogiewoogie1978
I think people would have less of an issue if, one, they could 100% guarantee that these data centers would have zero impact on water and electrical bills, and, two, they did not build them anywhere near civilization.
Those homeowners have zero recourse, and they were there first.
quote:I have seen those news reports and it is wild.
The constant sound output from Data Centers is actually insane. If one opens up near your house, your properly value just tanked massively
Those homeowners have zero recourse, and they were there first.
This post was edited on 6/25/26 at 9:53 am
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:53 am to hawgfaninc
quote:and people being clueless just as old.
People fearing change & the unknown isn’t new
the people creating the fear are also the ones creating the data centers. you'll never comprehend that so don't try.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:54 am to Kansas City King
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The constant sound output from Data Centers is actually insane. If one opens up near your house, your properly value just tanked massively
Interesting. What produces the noise? The cooling/water systems?
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:55 am to CatfishJohn
Constant generator noise at all hours.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 9:59 am to CatfishJohn
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Also I have a theory that eventually these things will be obsolete.
I bet these companies budgets factor in that they likely will be in 10 years or so and yet they are still profitable to the company, particularly with some juicy tax breaks and cheap energy. Then they'll walk away and leave the people who live around them to have to deal with it
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:00 am to LSUGrad2024
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No amount of money spent by the AI Lobby is gonna change the fact that most people recognize how horrible these things are. Not just physically, but how horrible AI is for humanity.
I do wonder what people that are pro AI think will happen once AI takes over a bigger chunk of the job market. The amount of jobs created is going to be dwarfed by the number of jobs replaced. What are all those people going to do?
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:02 am to CatfishJohn
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Also I have a theory that eventually these things will be obsolete. Like how computers took up an entire room in the 80s with the computing power of a Gameboy.
I think instead of being obsolete, they'll continue to scale within the same footprint. Instead of using X amount of using for a 2000 MW center, they will use 4X units in a 3000 MW center (ideally the additional power would come from on-site generation (SMRs).
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:02 am to Scruffy
Damn that sounds like a couple of big jet engines on at all times.
frick that.
frick that.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:04 am to CatfishJohn
quote:Apparently, according to the OP, having issues with someone building that right next to your home is “unreasonable”.
Damn that sounds like a couple of big jet engines on at all times.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:08 am to CatfishJohn
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:08 am to CocomoLSU
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Mainly because I've seen Terminator 2
I’ve thought about that quite a bit and believe Blade Runner will end up being far more accurate.
This post was edited on 6/25/26 at 10:09 am
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:10 am to hawgfaninc
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People fearing change & the unknown isn’t new
I will fight you if you try to say Uncle Ted was wrong.
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