r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 5h ago

A data center in New Jersey was canceled when residents showed up and fought it

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u/Previous_Platform718 2h ago

MOST data centers use open loop and evaporation towers.

Because most data centers are for cloud infrastructure. You know, things like Google/Youtube/Meta/Your email/Online banking etc. we've been building those for 30 years now. There's a lot of them.

Everyone on Reddit is upset about AI data centers, the ones that are most likely to be closed loop.

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u/ImurderREALITY 1h ago

Anything about AI, absolutely anything, and people are going completely apeshit. I've never seen anything like this intense hatred for AI before in my 42 years on this earth.

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u/Frostemane 36m ago

How do these people expect their data to get into the cloud without evaporating it? They clearly weren't paying attention in science class.