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Attilatheblond

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1. hot diggity doggity! That might help people arguing against allowing a huge data center proposed for here in borderlands
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 11:50 PM
Sunday

Wells have already run dry, with more going dry all the time here. And this is AZ. It is HOT here so how much will our utilities go up if a data center has to keep things cool? Madness.

County Sups are holding hearings soon. They are ALL maga dimbulbs who do what big corporations want done. Maybe us NIMBYs can appeal to their native maga paranoia and push the idea that a big data center could mark our county as a target for Iranian retaliation.

Re data centers and heat: recently read that Finland data center is piping its heat off and into buildings/homes to help keep people warm. Not sure if it's real and how it would work, but I do know the desert southwest is probably not the best place for facilities that generate massive heat that has to be dealt with.

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