Residents furious as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

pzxc

The data center project is by Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary and will consume 9GW, more power than the entire State of Utah currently consumes

krunck

These are projects designed to serve the US military in it's future wars against China and other "threats". Note that "other threats" includes the American citizenry. You'll be - probably already are - targets of continual AI propaganda and manipulation to keep you compliant and keep paying your taxes to support this waste.

rolph

heres a FAQ re:the site: https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/647/Stratos-Project-Fact-Sh... heres a site mapfromthe FAQ: https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/644/Stratos-Project-Map it strikes me that a swath of the salt ridge adjacent to the salt lake bed is desired. the proximity to current naturalgas distribution infra, suggests a mulligan,made out of natural gas welling. if there is a large salt dome and gas deposit, theres the revenue and free utilities.

SilverElfin

They should be furious. These tech companies are doing whatever they want, without a care for how it impacts others. SpaceX does it by polluting night skies. The others do it by polluting the planet. Things like light pollution and noise pollution really do matter. But it’s also a lot more direct than that, like people whose water supply loses pressure ( https://www.gadgetreview.com/data-center-drains-30-million-g... ) or turns brown ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111599 ) after a data center is built near them.

ChrisArchitect

Previously: Utah greenlights 9GW AI campus using over twice state electricity https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932941 Utah data center: Projected daily heat equivalent to 23 atomic bombs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058221

Ancalagon

This feels insane. Does this feel insane to others?

water-data-dude

"O’Leary said the extra electricity demand won’t raise residents’ energy bills as new gas-fired generation will power the facility." I really, really doubt this.