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Title: Data center costs
Post by: jesmu84 on July 15, 2026, 04:37:42 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/business/energy-environment/pjm-electricity-prices-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x1A.lYGx.echwROB_r11e&smid=url-share

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Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: Uncle Rico on July 15, 2026, 04:38:43 PM
Quote from: jesmu84 on July 15, 2026, 04:37:42 PMhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/business/energy-environment/pjm-electricity-prices-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x1A.lYGx.echwROB_r11e&smid=url-share

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A confederacy of dunces
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: MU82 on July 15, 2026, 05:20:07 PM
That means only 2 pencils per kid for Christmas.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: Jockey on July 16, 2026, 10:24:26 AM
The billionaires are willing to spend as much of our money as necessary to control the world.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: mu_hilltopper on July 16, 2026, 11:26:05 AM
Available link:  http://archive.today/9cO6F
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 09:21:47 AM
https://bsky.app/profile/thebulwark.com/post/3muk4oz25he2y

Great news for those of you afraid of data centers
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: cheebs09 on September 02, 2026, 02:08:42 PM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 09:21:47 AMhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebulwark.com/post/3muk4oz25he2y

Great news for those of you afraid of data centers

So they just choose to be by water for the views.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on September 02, 2026, 02:22:43 PM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 09:21:47 AMhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebulwark.com/post/3muk4oz25he2y

Great news for those of you afraid of data centers

One comment from the link: "He will forever be known as Nutlick."
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 03:18:19 PM
https://bsky.app/profile/abbeyarletto.bsky.social/post/3muk6at5hhk22

Build one next to Mar-a-Lago
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: tower912 on September 02, 2026, 03:19:30 PM
Build two.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: TSmith34, Inc. on September 02, 2026, 04:13:45 PM
Quote from: Jockey on July 16, 2026, 10:24:26 AMThe billionaires are willing to spend as much of our money as necessary to control the world.

^This. Weird Techbro fascists who have circle jerked themselves into believing they will download themselves into computers, create techno kingdoms, and live in outer space.

If you've ever seen Marc Andreessen, you might believe that last one.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: MU82 on September 02, 2026, 04:42:36 PM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 03:18:19 PMhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbeyarletto.bsky.social/post/3muk6at5hhk22

Build one next to Mar-a-Lago

Yup. I'm not opposed to data centers; they are necessary. Just build 'em all right next to billionaires' estates, starting with the one you named.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: forgetful on September 02, 2026, 04:48:09 PM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 03:18:19 PMhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbeyarletto.bsky.social/post/3muk6at5hhk22

Build one next to Mar-a-Lago

Data doesn't make noise. It's data.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 04:50:35 PM
Quote from: MU82 on September 02, 2026, 04:42:36 PMYup. I'm not opposed to data centers; they are necessary. Just build 'em all right next to billionaires' estates, starting with the one you named.

Same with prisons.  Plenty of empty space in Mequon and East Troy, for example
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: forgetful on September 02, 2026, 04:57:17 PM
Quote from: MU82 on September 02, 2026, 04:42:36 PMYup. I'm not opposed to data centers; they are necessary. Just build 'em all right next to billionaires' estates, starting with the one you named.

The bolded is technically true, and false.

We do not need data centers. Society could go on perfectly fine without them, arguably, we'd be better off without them. The energy and water needs will accelerate the decline of the environment. And it is possible, that the outcomes of the data centers greatly accelerates the decline of society.

But, under a different lens, we do need them. Based on the conceptual ethics of Moloch/Singleton risk, everyone needs to race in what is almost a mutually assured destruction, because the first to achieve global dominance in AGI will essentially be able to rule unfettered. So we will risk all aspect of society and the environment out of fear of losing to someone else. But no matter who wins, we all lose.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 05:29:06 PM
Quote from: forgetful on September 02, 2026, 04:57:17 PMThe bolded is technically true, and false.

We do not need data centers. Society could go on perfectly fine without them, arguably, we'd be better off without them. The energy and water needs will accelerate the decline of the environment. And it is possible, that the outcomes of the data centers greatly accelerates the decline of society.

But, under a different lens, we do need them. Based on the conceptual ethics of Moloch/Singleton risk, everyone needs to race in what is almost a mutually assured destruction, because the first to achieve global dominance in AGI will essentially be able to rule unfettered. So we will risk all aspect of society and the environment out of fear of losing to someone else. But no matter who wins, we all lose.

Billionaires win.  And that's all that matters to many.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: rocky_warrior on September 02, 2026, 05:38:44 PM
Quote from: forgetful on September 02, 2026, 04:48:09 PMData doesn't make noise. It's data.

Plus data centers are beautiful.  More beautiful than windmills at least!

Quote from: forgetful on September 02, 2026, 04:57:17 PMWe do not need data centers. Society could go on perfectly fine without them

Life without scoop?  I don't think so.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: TSmith34, Inc. on September 03, 2026, 06:14:32 AM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on September 02, 2026, 04:50:35 PMSame with prisons.  Plenty of empty space in Mequon and East Troy, for example

With the spree of dental crime, good idea to put them where they are most needed
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: tower912 on September 03, 2026, 06:28:05 AM
Door County.   Lots of water.
Title: Re: Data center costs
Post by: Hards Alumni on September 03, 2026, 06:54:38 AM
Quote from: tower912 on September 03, 2026, 06:28:05 AMDoor County.   Lots of water.

You leave that place alone.
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