Data center costs

[jesmu84]

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

Who voted for this?

[Uncle Rico]

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

Who voted for this?

A confederacy of dunces

[MU82]

That means only 2 pencils per kid for Christmas.

[Jockey]

The billionaires are willing to spend as much of our money as necessary to control the world.

[mu_hilltopper]

Available link:  http://archive.today/9cO6F

[Uncle Rico]

https://bsky.app/profile/thebulwark.com/post/3muk4oz25he2y

Great news for those of you afraid of data centers

[cheebs09]

https://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.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

https://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."

[Uncle Rico]

https://bsky.app/profile/abbeyarletto.bsky.social/post/3muk6at5hhk22

Build one next to Mar-a-Lago

[tower912]

Build two.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

The 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.

[MU82]

https://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.

[forgetful]

https://bsky.app/profile/abbeyarletto.bsky.social/post/3muk6at5hhk22

Build one next to Mar-a-Lago

Data doesn't make noise. It's data.

[Uncle Rico]

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.

Same with prisons.  Plenty of empty space in Mequon and East Troy, for example

[forgetful]

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.

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.

[Uncle Rico]

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.

Billionaires win.  And that's all that matters to many.

[rocky_warrior]

Data doesn't make noise. It's data.

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

We do not need data centers. Society could go on perfectly fine without them

Life without scoop?  I don't think so.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Same 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

[tower912]

Door County.   Lots of water.

[Hards Alumni]

Door County.   Lots of water.

You leave that place alone.