Sarah Shannon
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6 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 11 Aug
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And it will use also um about as much energy as as as one nuclear reactor can supply.
That's the other thing about these.
The water usage of them used to be a huge problem, it's become a smaller problem, but the energy usage is huge.
The demand on the grid
Some of these are are using like ten percent of the grid demand in the place where they currently are.
So they're these huge infrastructure projects.
They become a huge issue in the midterm elections, which are coming up in November, because essentially about seventy percent of people are against them.
Nimbiism is a very potent force in politics as we previously discussed, and there are lots of farmers who basically say, I don't want a pro possibly noisy, not very many jobs, very j energy draining eyesore on my land.
And then there's this other thing going on too, which is these are, as you say, the first physical manifestation of the modern internet.
And it turns out that a lot of people don't like the modern internet.
And they certainly don't like the big men who are behind the modern internet.
And this is a kind of physical way of saying, no, I don't like it.
I don't trust you.
Uh you know, and and so the resistance to them has been huge.
A couple of states have already declared moratoriums.
One um candidate f for governor in Wisconsin's running on a on a moratorium.
Um and even Vivek Ramaswamy, who you may remember, he was going to be the other half of Doge until Elon Musk went, Mine He lasted He
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He's running for governor of Ohio as a Republican and he's now come to this thing saying, Actually, you know, these data centers, until they give everyone around them free electricity, we should have a moratorium on them.
You it's very difficult now in lots of states where they're being built.
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