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If AI centres need so much cooling, why are they building them in Texas in the first place?
Lack of regulations of all kinds
On a suspicion, I had a quick look, and of course there's also tax incentives, apparently.
Love this quote "Texas had long been a preferred location for large data centers given its central location, economic climate, reliable electric grid, historically low occurrences of natural disasters, educated workforce and pro-business environment." :|
Found the reason
Yeah, the Texas electric grid is as reliable as a cardboard shed in a hurricane.
Speaking of hurricanes, "historically low occurrence of natural disasters" is also the exact opposite of reality and rapidly getting WORSE.
The real reason is of course corrupt politicians in charge of a kakistocratic government that'll let them get away with anything up to and including mass murder while throwing money at them.
Lol. More like, "...pro-business environment with developing-nation levels of regulation while still having a minimally sufficient power grid, the kind of natural disasters that don't affect data centers enough to offset cost savings and a desperately exploitable and cheap workforce.
I'm aware Texas has some top tier educational institutions, but for whatever reason, they're not accessible to their workforce. Texas is about #30 for education in the US.
The republican capacity for lying never ceases to amaze me.
Solar power?
Apparently only partially, but mostly a natural gas plant to even further wreck the planet.
There's hundreds of billions of dollars available to pour into this, and for what benefit to the nation? Meanwhile, the rest of the country's infrastructure is crumbling.
Interestingly, solar panels work more efficiently in cooler temperatures.
Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.
Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.
Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.