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Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:36 pm
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
6693 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:36 pm
quote:

- It’s 4 million square feet. That’s 2,250 acres, roughly 70 football fields
- It’s permitted to use 23 million gallons of water PER DAY
- Estimates are saying 600 million gallons of water per year will be used
- Residents are seeing a tremendous amount of noise and bright lights
Posted by gizmoflak
Member since May 2007
11850 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:38 pm to
@grok what does this mean
Posted by GREENHEAD22
Member since Nov 2009
20749 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:42 pm to
The water use is a huge disaster that no one is talking about.
Posted by sidewalkside
rent free in yo head
Member since Sep 2021
4481 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:43 pm to
Hard hitting news reporting there. “Some people are making money. Some people aren’t. There’s a lot of activity because it’s a huge project”. fricking idiot.
Posted by Wee Ice Mon
Member since May 2014
1895 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:44 pm to
Louisiana Economic Development group promises this is great for Louisiana. It clearly is not.
Posted by FLTech
the A
Member since Sep 2017
27453 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:46 pm to
I use AI Paid Versions (GPT and Claude) for SEO purposes and all I can say is that they have both have sucked donkey arse the past 2 months.

Constantly. I have amazing internet so it is not on my end



I welcome more data centers
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
17644 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:46 pm to
Louisianastan about to have electrical prices on par with California.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
69075 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:48 pm to
No kings but overlords are just fine.
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
6693 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:54 pm to
quote:


The water use is a huge disaster that no one is talking about.


More people are talking about it and some have had success shutting down the proposals in their cities but with counsel members signing NDA's with these large companies and giving them billions in tax abatements...they are somehow rammed through and the tax burden falls on the taxpayer if they leave before the agreed time is up. Massive amounts of water that should be helping farmers...and causing air and noise pollution.

It lowers property values and taxes as well as utilities rates are hiked in favor of the data centers.

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Posted by TigerAllNightLong
Member since Jul 2023
1111 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 3:58 pm to
quote:

Residents

Uh yea, there weren’t any.
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
41332 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:00 pm to
The new quad chips will make this obsolete in a few years. A bunch of people who thought they would get rich quick will be left holding the bag.

Tech companies are notorious for fricking contractors as the technology advances.
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
6693 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:01 pm to
quote:


quote:
Residents

Uh yea, there weren’t any.


I'm speaking about the data centers in general.
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
6693 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:03 pm to
quote:


The new quad chips will make this obsolete in a few years. A bunch of people who thought they would get rich quick will be left holding the bag.

Tech companies are notorious for fricking contractors as the technology advances.


The taxpayers will be left holding the bag too...hence rising property tax bills.

ETA: Is this what will help force people into smart cities?
This post was edited on 3/28/26 at 4:08 pm
Posted by NoBoDawg
Member since Feb 2014
2170 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:16 pm to
Chaos!!!!!!! MAYHEM!!! Dogs & Cats living together!
Posted by Hennigan
Member since Jan 2020
1369 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:26 pm to
They are setting up an electronic techno totalitarian state. Anti human!
This post was edited on 3/28/26 at 4:28 pm
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
7127 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:27 pm to
Yes. By the time these data centers are operational they will be anachronisms.
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
7136 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:29 pm to
What she is not telling you is that one of the wealthiest farmers in that region donated that land for economic development about 20 years ago. The State has proposed to build a car plant, steel mill, and numerous other facilities but they were all turned down.
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
8290 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:32 pm to
This is why im bullish on Elon's idea to put the data centers in orbit where there's plenty of space and no water required. That needs to happen quickly
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
6693 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:34 pm to
quote:

They are setting up an electronic techno totalitarian state. Anti human!


The "beast" system.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14678 posts
Posted on 3/28/26 at 4:53 pm to
According to a quick search. A data center uses about 1 ton of cooling per every 200-300 sq for

A 7,000,000 sq ft facility would use about 23,333 tons of cooling (at 300 sq ft/ton)

To put that into perspective, that is in the range of peak cooling for the entire LSU campus, which is over 200 buildings…. (Campus load fed from the CHW plant by Tiger stadium and the one by the Parker coliseum).
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