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usonian

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15. 404 media is paywalled out the wazoo. Has anyone actually read this?
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:40 PM
15 hrs ago

It's archived at https://archive.is/DNDd4

Also available at: https://nonogra.ph/county-with-37-data-centers-asks-schools-to-conserve-electricity-06-30-2026

Hacker News discussion (165 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48734699
The HackerNews discussion has lots of info and links to related information.


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This is a repost of https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21340207
Same deal.

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Consequences. Assume the local community thought data centers were a good idea... erronis 21 hrs ago #1
Their county officials sound as innane and stupid as ours here in the AZ borderlands Attilatheblond 21 hrs ago #2
I do not understand why delisen 20 hrs ago #3
This unregulated shit needs to be banned yesterday. This is beyond insane. Karasu 20 hrs ago #4
"Also, we need everyone to stop bathing and drinking so much water." tanyev 20 hrs ago #5
Dude- mwmisses4289 20 hrs ago #6
Shut down the effing data centers!' C Moon 20 hrs ago #7
Glen Younkin was our last governor... renordgren 20 hrs ago #8
Everyone must serve the needs of the tech billionaires dalton99a 19 hrs ago #9
These data centers will eventually destroy the communities and make them uninhabitable and sustainable in the next 5 kimbutgar 18 hrs ago #10
Same thing we say about SpaceX RussBLib 18 hrs ago #12
Data centers are trying to move into our rural area and their biggest investors are our local power company ToxMarz 18 hrs ago #11
I am 78 years old, I retired after 40 years in a steel mill. Our plant consumed over $1 million doc03 17 hrs ago #13
Great job, Richmond! Youngkin installed these parasites and now we have to live with them. Martin68 17 hrs ago #14
So fitting that Richmond was the former capitol of the Confederacy. SunSeeker 12 hrs ago #17
This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker 12 hrs ago #18
404 media is paywalled out the wazoo. Has anyone actually read this? usonian 15 hrs ago #15
This was always going to happen. Aussie105 14 hrs ago #16
The problem is the price structure Old Crank 8 hrs ago #19
Ya know... purr-rat beauty 5 hrs ago #20
They of course want to bring them to Kansas. MAGA types are yelling and screaming Bengus81 4 hrs ago #21
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