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Kevin’s Pet Project
Kevin O’Leary wants to build a massive data center in rural Utah. Residents are revolting.
This is horrifying:
“The Utah data center would require more than double the electricity the state currently consumes in a year, CNN reported, although O’Leary has said the project will avoid straining the local electric grid by generating its own power with natural gas.
Still, residents also worry the heat and emissions generated by the campus could worsen climate change’s effects locally. And the water needed to cool the facility could further strain the nearby Great Salt Lake, they claim, even as the body of water continues to shrink. Its water level has fallen 22 feet since 1986, partly due to human activity, according to NASA.”
u/Nesquik44 — 2 days ago