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erronis

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1. Consequences. Assume the local community thought data centers were a good idea...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 04:25 PM

Jun 30

Or were lied to and the "administrators" got nice payments on the side.

Built on top of civil war battle grounds. Is that because the South is so unproud of their history?

"If your workplace has windows". First thing is get rid of Microsoft products. (I suggest open-source linux, personally.)

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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity' [View all] highplainsdem Jun 30 OP

Consequences. Assume the local community thought data centers were a good idea... erronis Jun 30 #1

Their county officials sound as innane and stupid as ours here in the AZ borderlands Attilatheblond Jun 30 #2

I do not understand why delisen Jun 30 #3

This unregulated shit needs to be banned yesterday. This is beyond insane. Karasu Jun 30 #4

"Also, we need everyone to stop bathing and drinking so much water." tanyev Jun 30 #5

Dude- mwmisses4289 Jun 30 #6

Shut down the effing data centers!' C Moon Jun 30 #7

Glen Younkin was our last governor... renordgren Jun 30 #8

Everyone must serve the needs of the tech billionaires dalton99a Jun 30 #9

These data centers will eventually destroy the communities and make them uninhabitable and sustainable in the next 5 kimbutgar Jun 30 #10

Same thing we say about SpaceX RussBLib Jun 30 #12

Data centers are trying to move into our rural area and their biggest investors are our local power company ToxMarz Jun 30 #11

I am 78 years old, I retired after 40 years in a steel mill. Our plant consumed over $1 million doc03 Jun 30 #13

Great job, Richmond! Youngkin installed these parasites and now we have to live with them. Martin68 Jun 30 #14

So fitting that Richmond was the former capitol of the Confederacy. SunSeeker Jul 1 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker Jul 1 #18

404 media is paywalled out the wazoo. Has anyone actually read this? usonian Jun 30 #15

This was always going to happen. Aussie105 Jun 30 #16

The problem is the price structure Old Crank Jul 1 #19

Ya know... purr-rat beauty Jul 1 #20

They of course want to bring them to Kansas. MAGA types are yelling and screaming Bengus81 Jul 1 #21

They've been voting for unregulated corporate abuse every time they go to the fucking ballot box all their lives. Karasu Jul 1 #22

Data centers? Be careful what you wish for. lpbk2713 Jul 1 #23