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Notton Pouring a concrete and asphalt slab over perfectly good agricultural land is so smart. Reply
Dr3ams Around $11 a square meter. Considering what the buyer wants it for, that offer sucks. Reply
chaos215bar2 Notton said: Pouring a concrete and asphalt slab over perfectly good agricultural land is so smart. I mean, if we're going to build data centers anywhere, out in the middle of agricultural land is an ideal location. 600 acres is practically nothing in the scheme of things, and there should be plenty of land nearby which could be used for a mixed use agriculture/solar installation plus battery storage to power the thing. Even the water issue that comes up around data centers isn't a problem is you simply implement regulations that require more water efficient cooling. (All the talk of data centers in space just proves this — no water in space, and it's much easier to dump heat into an atmosphere than radiate it directly into space. Fresh water is used simply because it's cheaper than a closed cooling loop.) The problem of course is we mostly don't have those regulations and data centers can end up being horrendous to live near. But again, the problem isn't inherent to data center buildout. The problem is lack of regulation. Reply
ezst036 chaos215bar2 said: 600 acres is practically nothing in the scheme of things Luckily the world is only getting 1 data center out in the agricultural land. Crisis averted. Reply
Mindstab Thrull Kudos to the farmer and his family for saying no to this. Food is a trillion times more important than data: without food, we don't live, and there's already too many people going hungry, whereas we've lived without Big Data for millennia or more. As for where to put the plant? Put it somewhere where the land condition only matters in terms of creating structures. The Canadian Shield, for example, is nearly impossible to use for farming or similar; tearing out rock, while expensive, would likely be a more acceptable option by the population as a whole. Why do companies need prime agricultural lands just to put up buildings that are factories or similar? They don't. Let them look at other parts of the country, create the infrastructure needed, and go from there. Why is food getting more expensive? Because we're losing the ability to make our own because companies are buying up the land for other things instead of food. I'm not even talking about what I think of AI or anything else. How much food are we having to import to keep the country fed? A loaf of bread – basic no-name stuff, not artisanal or whatnot – has gone up 25% around me in the last year and 60% compared to just a couple years ago. AI is literally taking food from people just to operate. Move them. Mindstab Thrull Reply
hotaru251 sadly, unless they are located in a state that protect that choice…many states have ways that business can FORCE the people to sell their land even if they refuse. This has been famously done in a lot of stuff in past decades. its messed up but entirely legal ;/ Reply
Co BIY Numerous data centers close where I live and work. As far as neighbors go they are ok. Quiet and don't create a lot of traffic. As job creators they under perform. Not many jobs but at a higher than average pay level. I'd rather have a datacenter move in than a distribution warehouse. Neither are much to look at. Reply
beyondlogic Honestly applause to farmers if we keep polluting our fertile lands with concrete and asphalt etc it's just going to cause shortages Ai ain't great if you starve to death lol. Reply
gschoen Co BIY said: Numerous data centers close where I live and work. As far as neighbors go they are ok. Quiet and don't create a lot of traffic. As job creators they under perform. Not many jobs but at a higher than average pay level. I'd rather have a datacenter move in than a distribution warehouse. Neither are much to look at. Curious about your post because there are so many people interviewed about their experience living next to data centers who have a negative experience, especially noise. The electric load demand seems to be the crucial factor – only some have massive electric need that necessitate massive cooling operations, as well as backup generation, usually diesel, that introduces pollution. These generators require testing, typically monthly. The previous data centers, powering the cloud, seem to be good neighbors nobody complained about. The complaints of neighbors of the new breed of data centers seems to justified, as you can hear the noise without being on the property. This is to say nothing of the pollution at self generating centers lacking emission controls. Reply
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