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laurapede83
After the data center they're lucky have water at all.
TonawandaBlue
Morgan County, Georgia's Congressional Representative is Mike Collins. Yes - he's Republican.
Comet260
If they CONTINUE to vote Rapepublican, I cannot muster any sympathy. Have brown water. I don't care.
huffnpuff72
It seems USA doesn't give a damn about anyone but corporations. I can't imagine any corporation getting away with similar in Australia (for long)
Sneertm
You know, part of cost of building data center is a bribe to government, and to selected local representatives. That is how corruption works, especially in flawed democracy.
spaceindian
curious what having that tested would show in it, cause id not drink that unless i was dying of thirst
skinnermarinkykinkydink
Best case scenario it's stirred up silt, and yeah even then I wouldn't drink it.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
I'm forced to use AI at work. :( But whenever it's my choice, I don't touch it.
18booma
If your coworkers hate it as much as you do, get unionized and demand non-AI tools. The workers' power is expressed only when they are united and organized.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Unfortunately, they don't. One does but some are gung-ho while others don't care either way. And management is obviously gung-ho, so anyone who wants to be successful gets proficient with them. I'd like to be successful but not by using that crap.
taez555
I think their goal is to make sure you don't exist so you won't ever have to drink it.
MrsHowVeryDareYou
Probably, but then who is going to work for peanuts and who is going to buy their products? It’s not very “Macro Level” or “Strategic Vision” of them…
rbudrick
Doesnt matter. A lot of execs only care about this quarter's profits, and if they fail to grow over last quarter, they get fired with a golden parachute.
NVGoddesscottage
Saw a guy with two PhDs (something like engineering & environmental reclamation) here in Reno testify, “you all keep saying ‘…if there’s water contamination, then…’ You don’t get it. If there’s contamination you’re DONE. We have no means of reclaiming the water, you’re done. Nothing you can do. You going to fine them? You can’t drink money.” Led to a moratorium on data centers.
kontroversialkarma
WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubman
This would probably be cleaner than the AI drinking water
MxMenagerie
Oh please, as if you'd have to PAY a Republican to do this. The soulless ghouls would happily do it for free just to pop a boner at all the poor people harmed
modis
No, but they had to buy the waste.
kontroversialkarma
Suitable point. We are talking about the class with oil dripping, broken down
sh!tebox cars on their front lawns. Filth follows them.
ImJustHereAtThisPoint
"BUT THINK OF THE TECHNO REVOLUTION!!!!"
skinnermarinkykinkydink
"Think of all the advantages that offset that! Like... something!"
domillomew
like I need you guys to understand that I want to vote for aoc for president but legitimately what is the evidence of this? when I search for it all I can find is articles about aoc holding a jar of dirty water. like I feel like i'd have to be an absolute fool to believe that every person in morgan county georgia who opens their faucet gets water like this. plz link me verifiable evidence that this is real and a result of ai data centers cuz I just don't see how thats possible even in georgia
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domillomew
well water makes more sense. i've read about the construction of these data centers disrupting well water by kicking up sediment and stuff.
spontaneous9
They will absolutely force these people to pipe in city water at their own cost. This happened to my mom's house when a superhighway went through 6 miles away. They blasted a straight path through some ridges, broke through some hard rock units which supported the entire region's groundwater aquifers, and hundreds of thousands of wells coughed up rust-red water, then went bone dry. The home I grew up in was one of them. And the big corpo bosses really can't be bothered to give a single fuck.
mmmurppp
Residents have reported sediment-clogged taps, ruined appliances, and dropping water pressure since heavy construction and explosive blasting began.
MaybeIllDisappear
The solution here is for the data center owners to drink it and show us that it is safe.
ropetopus
Too easy to stunt that. Look into the guy who invented leaded gasoline and his “it’s safe” demos even after he was suffering the ill effects of lead poisoning.
SwiftyGuy
Same guy invented CFCs that nearly totally fucked our ozone layer
klaz57
He also invented a . . . uh . . . device that ultimately led to his demise
SPCNewbie
This probably came from this More Perfect Union clip https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7PvfKhhKtgo?feature=share
jetact12
Get'tem AOC!!!
defensivebackhair
Obligatory: fuck meta and AI data centers destroying our environment
SleazyBijou
Mmm… nowhere georgia. Pretty sure this is a leopards eating faces thing. All 20,000 of them.
gnomedeplume
You think kids who can't vote deserve shit water?
dontrike
That's just the water from the river RFK takes his baths in.
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"Grok, defend yourself!."
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ATLandNerdy
I would really like to hear more details about this, in my decades of experience with data centers I've never seen anything like this.
Munchman347
Rep-Con Senator, 'Let them drink Evian!'...
jankyupeblik
And honestly, water quality next to a data center is not even among the biggest problems with this issue. World destroying.
Mgxr44
✨capitalism✨ it’s a death cult
Pokegeologist
I'm confused. Why must it be drinking water standard instead of treated effluent? Why is it not able to be recaptured and recycled after running through a chiller plant or a closed loop system like what's used in a nuclear reactor's cooling system? Why is the water discharged absolutely polluted? Is anything mixed in with the water such as antifreeze or any other proprietary chemicals that render it undrinkable?
18booma
Because it's cheaper to connect to existing water infrastructure than it is to put up effluent treatment systems. And privatized water companies make more money selling your drinking water to Meta, Microsoft, Google and the like. And yes, they typically use a water-glycol mixture for antifreeze.
Filolial
Data centers do use closed loop cooling systems, that water is pumped to cooling towers, in these cooling towers water from the grid is used in evaporative coolers, and what evaporates needs to be replaced by the grid. The pollution seen here isn't coming from the use of the datacenter, but from the construction of it, they removed a lot of trees and used explosives as far as I could read.
Huor
It’s a good thing the human race wasn’t already on n track for catastrophic water shortages
FckleberryFarms
A mason jar. Nice touch.
film888master9
Get Erin Brokovich on the case and we have to get rid of these Data Centers
p7hk9
Get John Wick on the case and they will go away on their own. :P
Bundalicious79
What the fuck are Americans gonna do about it? Not a damn thing.
18booma
I encourage you to ask "What am I gonna do about it?" Because there's a good chance data centers are coning to your backyard too.
Bundalicious79
I been stocking up on ammo for a while now, in anticipation of the wall of pedophiles storming North for “manifest destiny 2.0” I been looking forward to it since I first heard us mentioned as the 51st state. Fuck everything USA.
18booma
I'm not talking about the US military. The subject is data centers. They're building AI data centers in Canada already https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684 the fight is there. Now what are you gonna do?
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
You're not wrong. It only gets this bad with ignorance, complicity or laziness. Other countries (even third world countries) absolutely sack the shit out of their fascist regimes and oust their dictators. Americans though? Shrug their shoulders and carry on.
ripstripsart
True
Racealistic
Whine , raise some placards do a walk around the block and pat themselves on the back for a job well done.
colpo1011
Hey if it's brown, drink it down
RalphH
AI is only a secondary problem here, the main problem are the missing regulations about usage of resources. but those regulations would 'hurt the shareholders'.
idiotsonfire
The only regulation on AI should be "Erase it from existence."
Jarjarthejedi
If I had a nickle for everyone time some idiot whined about how much regulations are bad I'd be a rich man. The propaganda engine has done a great job convincing people that corporations are good and only want good things for you despite all evidence to the contrary :/
Darkspire
Unregulated capitalism was a thing for a while, and peoples bones were falling out
MrAndaren
God, like all you have to do is look at history for 2 damn seconds to see that the default state companies fall into without regulation treats human life as dispoable because capitalism only values things with a monetary value. To a business, a human life being priceless is the same as if it was worthless. There are so, so many examples of the horrors of unregulated profit seeking, but my go-to has always been the Radium Girls.
Darkspire
It's the most blatant and direct example I can think of.
Strategicgnomer
Well, if they won't do it, the rest of you can
onemorethanme
Absolutely. Elect better politicians
Lynkfox
Better people need to run too. For every AoC there are hundreds of self serving assholes
CandidGamera
Booh nanny state communism! The market will sort it out! /s
KillingTlme
The main problem is the lack of Guillotines.
stabbermcshooty
You’re right. All the regulations they’ve done away had stopped all recalls and everything. There hasn’t been probably millions of trucks etc recalled in like the last month. Tons of chicken and beef and dried milk products recalled for salmonella and listeria in last 2 weeks. Nope not at all
NKato
Canada has regulations requiring closed loop systems for data centers. We should be doing the same.
SwiftyGuy
The one being built near Abilene, TX will have a closed loop system. Not sure about all the others though :/
NKato
One of the towns near me decided to sign an NDA about a new "warehouse" development. The problem is that the filing documents for construction permits are indicative of a medium sized AI datacenter. The city council is attempting to approve it while ignoring all the negative feedback and providing no real details about the development.
I sent a message to the State AG about it asking them to investigate, because this is clearly improper.
hogeyegrex
How much do you think it cost to buy the city council? Certainly no more than 100k each. Peanuts.
NKato
The best part is that these NDAs are unenforceable, in the face of public disclosure laws. All it's going to take is a lawsuit. The problem is the time frame - if the lawsuit takes too long and the DC gets built in the meantime, the damage will have been done.
BastardMan1977
Goddamn I would love to vote for her for president one day
YouRadicalizedMe
You could have
MartianWeasel
You do know that she has not run for president yet, right? She wasn't old enough during the last election (have to be 35 to run for prez).
Awmph
a this point, I'd vote for most anyone who would at least make an honest effort to do a good job
CBadger
That's not fair. Lots of the recent presidents did a great job, they just didn't do the job we hired them to do. They did the job the lobbyists bribed them to do.
Blackmetalhappiness
Me too. I'm Canadian, but anything to help.
FrancsTireur
Honestly if the DNC doesn't nominate her then it's time to pack your bags and turn out the lights cause the US is fucking done.
Im a european and ordinarily your politicians range from disappointing to genocidal, so for me to say I would vote for her to be leader of my country, thats how you know you have to get her elected at all costs.
RobotHouse
You need to vote in every single local election for that to even be possible.
GratuaCuun
From what she's said in interviews she wants to be a senator - so she can shape policy for generations
ToSisPoS
Spot on.
BastardMan1977
That would also rock, but I don't live in New York so I couldn't vote for her
2774
From what she hasn't *quite* said outright, DNC backroom deals are really lopsided, and recently the DNC presidential side has been lacking.
Roqinn
Well, if she were president she could just write executive orders like trump! She could do everything!
SideBoobsWillGetYouBanned
What is she now? (I'm. Not american, your political system is a bit tricky to wrap your head around)
chefsoda
She’s a Representative. Basically, the US Congress is divided in to two houses. The House of Representatives, where she serves for New York, is apportioned roughly by population and has 435 members. The other part of Congress is the Senate, which’s apportions 2 senators per state, allowing much more focused power. They also have critical powers to confirm appointed officials.
EngorgedPhallus
Yeah wherever she can have the biggest impact, I'm good with.
chefsoda
☝️ yes to this