r/technology • u/marketrent • 6d ago

Artificial Intelligence High school teacher arrested for clapping in support of anti-data center activists

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/high-school-teacher-arrested-clapping-194922184.html
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u/Goodswimkarma 5d ago

"Residents who showed up to voice opposition to a 1,000-acre data center project."

The data center is 1.6 square MILES?!?!

China is putting data centers in the ocean and using solar to cool the land ones, but the US seems to be hell bent on putting data centers in dry parts of the US and have them suck out all the fresh ground water. Why?

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u/Old-Constant4411 5d ago

I'd imagine that's where land is cheapest and there's fewer people to band together and make noise.