re: Mississippi doing Mississippi things

Some perspective is in order here. The data plants should be located close to a water source. Water source cooling will significantly lower energy costs as water cooled equipment is much more efficient vs air cooled (closed loop) equipment..

The MS River flow at Natchez, MS is approximately 300,000,000 million gallons PER SECOND. So in one second the flow of the MS River could supply the biggest data center for a full day.


If a data center that needs that much water chooses to build in an arid area then thy will be out of business due to inefficiency and inability to operate at full capacity. I suspect the people designing these plants know what they are doing and won't make that kind of mistake.

Agree nuclear is the key to energy independence and lowest possible cost. Burning natural gas or oil to make electricity isn't the highest and best use of the resource. Of course growing corn to make ethanol isn't the highest and best use of corn either. If we can stop pandering to special interests we can be a greater union. Meanwhile give us all the data centers we can handle. Place them on the east side of the MS River in LA and MS in areas not ideal for agriculture. It can't be that hard to find these spots,