[DugwayDuke]

Miami Rebel wrote: “Data centers are becoming a political hot potato sweeping the nation, and it’s not just red vs. blue or rural vs. urban.”

No, it’s really China vs. US. Most of the opposition is misinformation. This article is full of it. Energy costs are reduced by data centers and water usage is overstated.

[TangoLimaSierra]

No, it’s really China vs. US. Most of the opposition is misinformation. This article is full of it. Energy costs are reduced by data centers and water usage is overstated.

True. The panickans want us to believe these centers are sucking in water and wasting it somehow.
In truth they use a closed-loop cooling system that recirculates water, not a constant drain on the water supply.

[Gunslingr3]

Energy costs are reduced by data centers

ROFLMAO

Where exactly has the addition of a data center reduced energy costs?

America’s hope in keeping up with China’s AI build out is going to require data centers in orbit because we aren’t ramping up the power on the ground fast enough to come anywhere close to projected demand.

While U.S. data center power demand is projected to double to 66 gigawatts (GW) by 2027 and strain the domestic power grid, China already generates roughly twice as much electricity as the U.S., though its data centers remain heavily reliant on coal