Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 days agoTucson City Council votes 7-0, unanimously to kill controversial Data Centerfiles.catbox.moevideomessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1969arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1962arrow-down1videoTucson City Council votes 7-0, unanimously to kill controversial Data Centerfiles.catbox.moeDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 days agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
https://azluminaria.org/2025/08/06/tucson-city-council-rejects-project-blue-amid-intense-community-pressure/
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·24 days agoI’d much rather have underwater data centers. A floating data center seems like a massive eyesore and you’d need to run cables out there. If you build one underground near the shore and then channel water in from the ocean, it should be much less intrusive.
minus-squareSmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 days agoIt still has problems. Mainly you need to get power out there and the heated exhaust water can mess with the ecosystem.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoRight, by “near the shore” I meant a land-based facility with access to sea water. Heated exhaust water could also be used in a local desalinization plant to produce fresh water for maximum efficiency.
I’d much rather have underwater data centers. A floating data center seems like a massive eyesore and you’d need to run cables out there.
If you build one underground near the shore and then channel water in from the ocean, it should be much less intrusive.
It still has problems. Mainly you need to get power out there and the heated exhaust water can mess with the ecosystem.
Right, by “near the shore” I meant a land-based facility with access to sea water. Heated exhaust water could also be used in a local desalinization plant to produce fresh water for maximum efficiency.