6 comments

  • ChrisArchitect 2 minutes ago
    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

  • rolph 1 hour ago
    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.

    • HeyLaughingBoy 24 minutes ago
      That URL makes me shudder: an entire county full of Box Elder bugs!
  • pzxc 2 hours ago
    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
    • nradov 2 hours ago
      It's not going to consume 9GW because it won't actually be built. There is no financing. The entire project is a scam.

      https://youtu.be/RWoV0EXxa7c

      • SilverElfin 1 hour ago
        It may still be built by someone else. Many PE firms are starting to built land portfolios for where a data center can be easily built. So the current owners of the project could just resell it to those with financing.
    • Arnt 28 minutes ago
      Ah, when your write things like that, do you really think they'll come true?

      If no: why do you write them?

  • krunck 2 hours ago
    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.
  • tt24 30 minutes ago
    Luddites
  • SilverElfin 1 hour ago
    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.
    • astrange 5 minutes ago
      Entirely fake. Or rather, the water issue is caused by there being /a construction project/, not because it's a data center.