Ok, my thoughts, again;
1. If you disdain the thoughts of "laypeople" who are fighting data centers so much that you decry the lack of "actual authorities" on said subject, you're looking in the wrong place. BUT, DO Pay attention to what these antis are saying
Too much noise
Too much water use
Why should they pay the price for the stupidly monstrous power used by a company that doesnt actually contribute?
In an economy where every penny counts for the average household, many rightly feel they're being unduly burdened with something the do not want, nor do they feel they need.
Quite simply, it's your neighbors practicing a form of economic conservation.
2. Siting these things within neighborhoods and compacted population centers is asinine. The power grid impacts alone are horrid. Find a spot in Lower BFE and pay to have your own lines run and pay your own damn water and electric bills.
A counter to this, there are 4 old school data centers built by AT&T inside NYC alone. 6 in Dallas, and many more in each major city. These were build in the 60's and 70's as part of a "Continuity of Government " program funded by the NSA. Most of them look like windowless office towers, or windowless low profile warehouses.
3. Siting operational equipment that uses huge amounts of water in areas hugely in water debt already is irresponsible. Did, (does) no one do an EIS ? Thinking here of the Amarillo site mentioned before, as well as the other sites in the southwest that are planned for areas that rely heavily on already shrinking underground aquifers just for basic human needs.
(Also, what happens when Hoover Dam stops generating power because it's a dead pool? (Will the damn dam collapse without the weight of the water to push against it?)
1. If you disdain the thoughts of "laypeople" who are fighting data centers so much that you decry the lack of "actual authorities" on said subject, you're looking in the wrong place. BUT, DO Pay attention to what these antis are saying
Too much noise
Too much water use
Why should they pay the price for the stupidly monstrous power used by a company that doesnt actually contribute?
In an economy where every penny counts for the average household, many rightly feel they're being unduly burdened with something the do not want, nor do they feel they need.
Quite simply, it's your neighbors practicing a form of economic conservation.
2. Siting these things within neighborhoods and compacted population centers is asinine. The power grid impacts alone are horrid. Find a spot in Lower BFE and pay to have your own lines run and pay your own damn water and electric bills.
A counter to this, there are 4 old school data centers built by AT&T inside NYC alone. 6 in Dallas, and many more in each major city. These were build in the 60's and 70's as part of a "Continuity of Government " program funded by the NSA. Most of them look like windowless office towers, or windowless low profile warehouses.
3. Siting operational equipment that uses huge amounts of water in areas hugely in water debt already is irresponsible. Did, (does) no one do an EIS ? Thinking here of the Amarillo site mentioned before, as well as the other sites in the southwest that are planned for areas that rely heavily on already shrinking underground aquifers just for basic human needs.
(Also, what happens when Hoover Dam stops generating power because it's a dead pool? (Will the damn dam collapse without the weight of the water to push against it?)
