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erronis

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1. Wow - that is astounding. Along with sucking up the water supplies, overloading the electric circuits,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:03 PM

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What's not to like about our tech bros?

Getting tax breaks? Destroying land that could be used for more productive uses?

They'll be leaving once they've completed their carnage. Good luck to the state and local municipalities on getting recompense for failed agreements when they've gone (bankrupt or owners not found.)

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Data centers are creating 'heat islands' on land around them - warming them by up to 16 degrees, researchers warn [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

Wow - that is astounding. Along with sucking up the water supplies, overloading the electric circuits, erronis Tuesday #1

K&R a million times chowder66 Tuesday #2

And this doesn't include the heating effect of burning fossil fuels to generate the copious amounts of electricity progree Tuesday #3

They are a cancer on the landscape of America. Let them in at your own peril. Martin68 Tuesday #4

If they are 1M sq ft, BonnieJW Tuesday #5

Kick dalton99a Tuesday #6

How about building these centers on the moon and power them with solar or nuclear. c-rational Tuesday #7

Well, Maybe If Superman Were Real.....🚀 ColoringFool Tuesday #8

I thought that was the plan Musk had in mind. I know he wanted to build some tech crap in space Marie Marie Tuesday #10

Yep. What's not to love? Accelerated climate change. Check. White Collar bloodbath. Check. pat_k Tuesday #9

It would be fun for a few minutes until their generators kicked in, Bayard Yesterday #13

What a crisis! pattyloutwo Yesterday #11

I think it is getting a lot of press coverage in "local" news outlets BumRushDaShow Yesterday #12