KI-Rechenzentrumsprojekt saugte über einen Zeitraum von 15 Monaten heimlich 29 Millionen Gallonen Wasser an, bevor es von Anwohnern entdeckt wurde, die sich über niedrigen Wasserdruck beschwerten – Beamte weigern sich, eine Geldstrafe zu verhängen
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/georgia-data-center-used-29-million-gallons-of-water
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„the Blackstone-owned developer behind the 615-acre Fayetteville campus, owed $147,474 in retroactive charges for the unmetered consumption, but the county didn’t fine the company.“
Only 615 acre size so kevin’s 40,000-acre data center is going to use what 1.9 billion gallons of water in 15months?.
Like sweet fuck people utah is going to be in a serious drought.
When are people going to realise we are not worth anything to these parasites other than paying for their actions and their bills…?
Simple, just burn it to the ground.
Time to remove those officials.
REFUSE TO FINE. of course they do, the lobbying money is worth more than your tap water.
Tbh the refuse to fine part is what kills me. they just get to drain a towns water supply with zero consequences.
Any boy boss and tech bro, who doesn’t think this is worrisome, has serious mental health issues, maybe even, no respect for people.
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So even under dying from thirst, americans would rather fuck their thumbs while glued to a chair than taxing the rich and protect themselves.
For context. The average golf course uses 3-4 times this over that period of time.
100k m^3 worth of water in 15 months is not that much on industrial scale.
This will continue to happen.
How is that acceptable? “We refused to fine them because they are our biggest client and need to be partners…..” are you serious Georgia?
100 internet bucks says they made a secret deal prior and the officials just want to sweep it under the rug, because that coming out would make things even worse.
Water is life. The people, animals, and plants need it. How is murder different when done with a weapon from when done with systems of resource control? Dare to question.
Time to elect some new representatives. I guarantee they would fine or prosecute a homeowner if they were stealing water.
re post and mis info.
Why the hell are people not standing en masse to halt all work there. Yall talk about how horrific political violence is but barely use any of the non violent options available to you.
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From the article:
“*Despite the unauthorized connections, Fayette County opted not to fine the company. „They’re our largest customer, and we have to be partners,“ Tigert said. „It’s called customer service.*“
What absolute bullshit. These counties or small towns councils approving these data centers are absolutely just being paid off. We’re so fucked.
[https://x.com/AndyMasley/status/2053296197679374365](https://x.com/AndyMasley/status/2053296197679374365)
What actually happened here was that the county’s water utility was transitioning to a cloud-based billing system. During the transition, two water hookups at a data center construction site weren’t properly registered or linked to a billable account. When the utility noticed the problem, they sent the data center a retroactive bill for all the water, for $147,474 covering ~29M gallons. The data center paid it. That’s all that happened.
Stop consuming r/Anticonsumption . Cut back in every way you can. You want to make a point then stop giving companies money.
well did they pay for the 29 million gallons of water that they used?
Fines need to be in the billions. Make those data centres suffer.
Holy shit, everyone in charge is corrupt. They all got to go.
this kind of shit is why we are fighting tooth and nail to keep new data centers out of Colorado, our water situation is much more perilous than most states.
When there’s no pressure in the hydrants to fight fires, I’m sure big tech will just find another elected Democratic official to blame for mismanagement.
This is what decades of voting republican looks like. Business vs everything. Why are these citizens surprised
Time for accidental fire.
29 million gallonsof water has no value. Only in America.