On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 5:36 PM Delong.com <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > > > On Jun 23, 2023, at 12:19, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:16 AM Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > > I view throwing everything into NOVA as being lazy. Throwing so many at one > place isn't good for resiliency. > > > there's nyc and chicago and california :) (and dallas) > but.. :) > > The discussions in local news (in nova) seem to center around: > "but the noise!" > > > This is relatively silly unless the local grid is extraordinarily unreliable. > Unless the generators are running, > you can rarely hear a datacenter beyond the bounds of its parking lot.
yes. > "but the beautiful scenery!" > > > This one might be somewhat valid if it wasn’t likely to become some other > form of warehouse anyway. > it's their 'heritage' that they are worried about. > "but the water poisoning!!" > > > ??? I find it hard to believe that data centers are big emitters of water > pollution. Someone’s going to have > to explain this one to me. > there's plenty of, already available, discussion about how this is just a trope being used instead of 'but our heritage'. yea, it's just not at all an actual problem. > there were, apparently, some actual problems with how > prince-william-county did their re-zoning work... > like, I think, one of the administration folks 'had a ton of money > tied up in DC company stock...' (that person may have recused > themselves, but) > > If you peel back the layers a bunch of it actually looks pretty > horrible for the people protesting: > "NIMBY problems" > "Our 'heritage'" > > i'm sure it'll work out in the end, but ... gonna be fun to watch. > > > I’ll bring marshmallows, who wants to bring the chocolate and the graham > crackers to this dumpster fire? I have 1 lawn chair, you'll need to bring your own. > Owen >
