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Doesn’t Texas already suffer from power grid issues?

Feels like there is something more insidious about ai data centers than the current ruckus. Is it… Police state tracking… The fallout of large scale job loss… How is our data useful if no one can afford to buy anything? There’s more smoke here than from Canada.

The scale of these data centers, the damage they are doing to the environment, and the pain they are inflicting on their neighbors is obscene to say the least. This is like a dystopian movie that would be panned as "too farfetched."

Texas is going to self-destruct. I feel bad for the children and seniors, the rest should move or enjoy the crashing systems.

What exactly is being stored in all these data centers? Why do we need so many? I really don't understand.

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It’s truly disgusting.

Why don't we just make the rich people building these data centers have to build there own power plants?

Almost thought that said bailout but it pretty much is

What data are being made/kept in datacenters?

I don't think Texans have elected a single Statewide Democrat in something like 18 years. The idiot convicted felon carried it by double digits so as far as I'm concerned they can choke. I will read with Glee the next cold snap when they don't have enough power for heat and their pipes burst

Metro population of San Antonio: 2.8 million people.

That tension between big tech and local needs is real. Who actually gets a say in how our infrastructure gets built? Worth asking. Check out the1776.org if you think citizens deserve more voice in decisions that shape their lives.

I’m not sure when it started, but recently we’ve seen pro-data center ads hit the air here in north Texas.🤨

I thought San Antonio was a bright spot in the wretched land of red necks and maga?

They have to charge clients to pay for that power usage, and they just aren’t gonna find them.

So when electricity goes out in the deepest cold and hottest days, who gets power first? When the drought comes, who gets water first?

Whos approving it , poor managing by the people if your politicians soldout you should give them the pink slip ! Stop production make them repair / fix the damages!

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That ain’t gonna work in the next weather event. Dang, people are stupid when they allow this stuff. And they will be the first to bitch about it when the grid goes down.

Puzzling because data centers use a ton of water and San Antonio gets their water from an aquifer .... that often ran low when I was growing up there.

Uh, isn’t Texas the state with recurring failures of their electrical grid due to high demand in both high and low temperatures? Yeah, thought so.

Texas can’t support its current customer demands how are they handling this additional demand for power from the grids!??

Just a note to those building these blights on humanity. Your precious data centers will vanish after the blue wave.

I think about the Don’t Mess with Texas campaign too when I put deep thought into what’s going. I have the book.

All these places should have solar panels to drive their power,set in the sea for cooling. Building these where they eat all the resources and spew waste over Americans is peak capitalism

Oh lawd, Texas can’t even keep the power on as it is

Data centers should build their own mini nuclear power plant and not rely on anyone. As for water, how about they move to coastlines and put up their own desalination plant. After all, they have deep pockets!

It will be named prio 1 in water, that's the biggest concern. The amount of water data centres use is enormous.

Nobody seems to be asking how the isolated and inadequate Texas grid can suddenly handle this demand. TLDR: Turns out socialist money changed a lot of attitudes. texasscorecard.com/state/effort...

Efforts to Federalize Texas’ Grid ContinueThe federal government has authorized funds for a plan to hook into Texas’ grid.texasscorecard.com

I read an article or txt or something that suggested data centers let off a blue glow when they are set on fire. Is that true?

Surveillance state

"Fusion Center" not data center. Part of it (as with ALL the insane PUSH TO BUILD NOW!!!!!) facilities are earmarked for the surveillance state b/c 1% death/misery profiteer CEOs got shot & warehouses are burning. They WILL have their fusion centers at ANY cost, so NO resistance can be possible.

In Australia this week, the Federal government is planning to legislate AI data centres must supply their own power. 🤞🏽🇦🇺🦘

🇨🇦 So, so sad And Data Centers are growing like weeds Future of humans is very much in doubt

Thank goodness Texass has such a reliable power grid to handle all this extra usage 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Australian here and we have the same concerns our governments have let overseas big tec corporations build data centres all across our country .In a country that has major power energy issues our electricity bills already are high and expected to rise 20 to 30 % by 2030

Humanity is legitimately doomed

wtf are these “data centers” really for…

Texas cant even keep stable power to its residents during snow storms, but they want to allow a data center to suck up 3 million more homes worth of power? I wish I could say I feel sorry for Texans but I only have empathy for Texans who dont vote for republican jerkoffs blindly every election

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Didn’t Texans die a few years back because the grid couldn’t keep them alive? Apparently, Texas found the wherewithal to take care of data centers.

Any part of that power produced on site by renewables? If these centers are always in need of cooling why build them in such hot places to begin with? Do the homeowners in the area all contribute to the electrical costs without any benefit? Shameful that this is even being considered and built.

When you say greedy few, do you mean the millions of people who use datacentres? That includes you There is massive cognitive dissonance between the inputs to build something and what they are actually used for

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Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that Texas couldn't power ANY homes a d Ted Cruz left the family dog home alone in the cold and went to Mexico? How will Texas' "We Stand Alone" power grid support data centers?

It’s Texas officials don’t give a damn about the people their

How much water are the Data Centers going to suck up in arid Texas? Whose going to pay to double the capacity to generate electricity in San Antonio? This is the same story in hundreds of other areas, suggest Texas join the Americans resisting the invasion of the Data Centers.

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Stop AI Data CentersAI Data Centers are coming to mess with Texas. These centers will drain water and will jack up utility bills. We need to put Texans first, not Big Tech.www.claytontuckertx.com

Why aren’t these companies generating their own electricity and cleaning their water that they use and abuse? Damn Leon has built one in Tennessee that he’s using diesel generators to power just doesn’t care about pollution.

And think of how big SA is!

Wait, texas WANTS these ai centers? They can't keep the lights on when they get a little snow. Also, water, I remember when they wanted water so bad they were willing to build a pipeline from lake michigan. A place with water/electricity issues, wants this? Y'all cra.

and in return you get.....grok? chat gpt? AI? useful is it to you all?

Texas is very fascist...doesn't give a sht abt it's citizens. All abt the money!

Texas powered grid is already a joke. This should go well.

Good work!

Doesn't Texas have power outages all the time?

The MatSu Valley in Alaska is getting 16 data centers. Republicans really hate our state. They are also taking recreational areas away in the same valley and damming our biggest river. We are losing wildlife, fish and land. I have nothing nice to say about them and hope they ate the lettuce.

Wow That’s a huge number Guess who is going to get first shot at all the power needed to run those places Not the lil consumers That’s for sure

Check and see how much ole Hot wheels and his ilk received from those data centers!!!!!!

Well, since you're posting this on a service that requires data centers in order to even exist (social media) apparently having data centers DOES serve your needs. The AI boom is increasing the number of data centers by about 20%, yet people seem to think AI is the only reason data centers exists.

Do you believe in free enterprise or don't you?

Hahaha, not like they have a history of collapsing energy infrastructure or anything…

Whatever happened to Nicholas Muduro? And why are data centers being slammed down our throats?

WHO TALKED US INTO abandoning life on earth and replacing it with AI ?

#nodatacenters #wefinewithoutdatacenters #vote #voteoutthegoP

Vote for a shit party, get shit policy.

AI is the billionaires tool to control us even more!

Been in the solar industry for almost 10 years, the demand on power will triple, therefore triple cost for Texans. Capacity will diminish and forced blackouts will come. Batteries and VPP (virtual power plant) are necessary. These billionaires don't care about you, they are evil. Seriously evil.

In a state that has power grid issues!!!

I love this for Texas. A state that’s already stealing water from other states, a grid disconnected from the rest of the country (so if there’s a heating or cooling emergency, will they just power, the data centers & let everyone else die?), And It’s Neighbors will love the annoying sound generates.

Why would they want to, or be allowed to build a data center in an area that has a long history of having water shortages?

While I feel sorry for Austinites, I do not feel sorry for Texans. They have the life they voted for. #Abbott

That build out is obscene! Shut it down people!

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AI has a hidden water cost − here’s how to calculate yoursAI systems’ water usage can vary widely, depending on where and when the computer answering the query is running.theconversation.com

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Data Centers are very high maintenance and require a lot of water to run. The pollution they give is NOT good for our environment!!!! bsky.app/profile/anth...

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In 2007, when I started becoming very concerned about climate change, I could not have imagined that we'd be stupid enough to dramatically accelerate it by doing dumb shit like this.

Good thing Texas has such a reliable power grid. Lol

Save electricity for data centers by introduction of a non-electric light source.

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You can forget being a cattle rancher there isn't going to be any water left for cattle. You can thank your governor for that and Ted Cruz.

It’s a good thing Texas has more than enough water to support all those data center’s needs too.

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Did they rebuild the grid after people died in that freak winter storm, or (and I’m willing to bet it is) is this on top of that shortfall?

"Power and water for us...the rest of you can die of thirst in the dark..."

Why not both and not fall further behind China and Russia

Why are corporations pouring billions into AI development and infrastructure. It’s not because of any benefit to humans. It’s to replace a lot of us. We don’t need AI, but we need water, air, food, energy, etc.

Enough of this AI bulls**t. Every billionaire techbro needs to see the masses storming their mansions and yachts

Absolutely

Anyone got some silly putty? I'm sure that could help

now just imagine this summer when the rolling blackouts start

NO.....THANK......YOU!!!

no water no human life

A refrigerator sized server rack uses the power of 60 to 65 homes.

Correction: 3 million homeowners in the San Antonio area will be paying for a local data center's electricity usage, not to mention their astronomical water consumption.

Somebody check the math, but I bet 3,000,000 new homes in the San Antonio area would go a long way towards making it possible for people to afford to live in a house.

You will benefit from this data center.

You want to build a data center?/ 1) Provide your own water. 2)Supply your own electricity. 3) Build them where we can't hear them 24/7. Then we'll talk.

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The governor would rather citizens of Texas die the next time it freezes than build up the grid for them.

And do not forget the amount of drinking water they use too! They are a problem all over the world, here in the Netherlands too!

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And the purpose of the data center is to consolidate all knowledge of every living person for control of the same. Why would any intelligent person allow this? Or support it?

You're talking Texas, one of the most fascist of the Fascist States of America. Couldn't give the slightest fuck about Texans who aren't billionaires.

And what's going to happen to the local water resources? Why don't these centers find a better way to cool their systems and install solar panels on those massive buildings to provide electricity?? Just asking.

Texas won't be getting any new, affordable housing anytime soon.

If we stop using it, they'll stop building it. I'm getting there. My FB account is dead, I'm getting ready to ditch Bluesky too.

Typical Texas tradition. Fuck the poorer people.

They need to their own solar panels and figure out how ti cool their ridiculous systems without destroying the environment

Are you all fucking serious?!! Why do we need these data centers? So they can charge us $$$ to store our memes and selfies on their CLOUD???!!!

That’s twice the population of San Antonio.

They need to fulfill their own power and water sources.

Tic Tok, Tick Tok... Someone check to see if Ted Cruz has an open ticket to Mexico. Just a matter of time before he and the family will be using it.

DATA CENTERS MURDER THE EARTH, ENVIRONMENT, WATER, AIR AND ESPECIALLY THE ANIMALS.

I think any data centers that are built should be located where solar power can provide all of the electricity they require - off the grid.

If these corrupt politicians in charge continue with their data centers, it won't be long before Texas becomes unlivable.

Doesn't work that way with Republicans. Ask how much they are being paid.

They don’t care about the people. They want to control us.

What a shame

Texas is screwed.

It had better generate its own power then!!

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I grew up in San Antonio. The Edward's Aquifer was frequently stressed. ANY significant water usage from this facility will cause real damage.

AI is totally unnecessary. Zero humans need AI.

What are all these data centers supporting?

All those new data centers waiting for just the right cold or hot weather. Who do you think they’ll prioritize?

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In late 2025 opposition to data centers in the US was at 42%. 9 months later it’s at 70% and that didn’t happen in other countries. If this turns out to be China bots, as some intel reports say it is, are you going to rethink your position based on new facts? Or double down MAGA style?

That is why every Texan needs to vote blue we need to save this country cuz if we don't do it now we will be lost forever and we as an American will not allow our freedoms to be taken away from us if they haven't figured that out yet they're about to find out

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Just end the data center the old fashioned way.

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