This noble idea is so last century:
Posted on 02/18/2026 5:49:55 PM PST by yesthatjallen
CLAREMORE, Okla. - Things got heated Tuesday night during a meeting about a proposed data center for the city’s industrial park, and one person was taken into custody.
Claremore police arrested Darren Blanchard for trespassing during the meeting after officers said he refused to follow the rules after going over his allotted time to speak. Police escorted the man out of the meeting and booked him into the Rogers County Jail.
What Happened
An embed of the City Council’s stream is below. Blanchard begins speaking at the 1 hour and 54 minute mark. In the video, Blanchard can be seen going over his allotted three minutes and saying that he was “reclaiming his time” because other attendees had applauded during his speech, which he paused for. Blanchard continued to speak for about 30 seconds, but as officers approached, he put the mic down and walked to the front with the officers close behind.
Blanchard pauses in front of the council members’ table and appears to try to hand a piece of paper to them. Officers stood next to him, exchanging some words, and after about 20 seconds, the officers placed cuffs on him. He is then escorted out of the room by officers.
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Cops sure have been showing their ass to America, and only been defenders of the rulers since Covid was launched on America. They never side with a decent citizen when our betters want some petty rule enforced.
He was saying something the bribed leaders didn’t like hearing.
Cops sure have been showing their ass to America, and only been defenders of the rulers since Covid was launched on America. They never side with a decent citizen when our betters want some petty rule enforced.
He was saying something the bribed leaders didn’t like hearing.
These data centers are horrifying messes. The ones that have been built in formerly undeveloped areas have led people in areas of proposed data centers to fight much much harder against them.
This noble idea is so last century:
the place to put these data centers in the deserts in places with brackish water aquifers and 9-12 inches of rain annually. the brackish water can be desalinated on the cheap.
Put up a square mile of solar cells, then grade and harden the ground beneath to collect rain water in giant cisterns.
Electricity and water are all you need for data centers. electricity and water are all you need too to make a town.
What did the thugs charge him with?
Over 30 seconds? Somebody else needs to go to jail and be fired!
Pronto!
Pronto!
I LIVE IN SUCH AN AREA.
THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOVE 3 OF THESE UNITS WITHIN 30 MILES OF ME.
ANNUAL RAINFALL==ABOUT 4”.
WATER IS THE MAIN ISSUE-—THEY REQUIRE MASSIVE AMOUNTS-—WHICH ARE NOT RECYCLED-—GONE INTO THE AIR-—HIGHER HUMIDITY
OF NO BENEFIT TO THOSE RURAL AREAS YOU ARE TARGETING
The companies that own the data centers should pay for the electric at the same rate as the residents or more.
your water will turn brown if they build that close
These units are merely over sized data centers, that don't require many permanent workers but require vast resources. The extra kick is that the use isn't just for Americans, but global. So some guy in Romania can enjoy memes and special porn without local friends and families being distorted by these aberrations.
The best deserts are ones with brackish water underlying them on federal lands owned by dod or the blm. they’re all over the southwest.
The data centers recycle about 80 percent of the water.
To make them net positive for water consumption, they would need the ground beneath the solar cells to also act as catchments for rainwater.
4 inches is too low, and it doesn’t sound like the land is part of federal lands
I asked x.comm/grok and claude.ai what the cost of RO desalination would be and how long it would take to reach said price point if AI virtual factories and robotics were applied to collapse the cost of desalination. i was told by x.com/grok that the price of desalinated seawater would come in about $100@acre foot and arrive in 2028. claude.ai said the price of RO desalinated seawater would be about $150@acre foot and arrive about 2028.
Agreed.
If I were going to give a speech in front of a committee, I would practice and see how long it would take to finish it.
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