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13. Unless they charge users for the heat and/or energy

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Bet ya Trump will make this illegal: it makes too much sense [View all] applegrove Dec 4 OP

Interesting but I doubt it will happen here only because it sounds expensive newdeal2 Dec 4 #1

If it adds a nickel of cost to the opium dreams of AI developers, it will never happen. hatrack Dec 4 #2

Excellent true words! chouchou Dec 4 #19

And if it additionally drmeow Dec 4 #40

NIMBY modrepub Dec 4 #8

Unless they charge users for the heat and/or energy Auggie Dec 4 #13

Here in the AZ borderlands, where people face drilling deeper well to reach lowering, disappearing water table Attilatheblond Dec 4 #22

Finland has a centralized network of underground pipes to distribute steam (geothermal).... pat_k Dec 4 #41

Finland's underlying granite is home to lots of infrastructure. thought crime Dec 4 #46

Yeah, it makes way too much sense. sop Dec 4 #3

Never work in the USA - it it's not making a profit it is dead on arrival. walkingman Dec 4 #4

Yeah. This would save on heating costs. Trump only applegrove Dec 4 #6

BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Dec 4 #9

What about all the data centers in the South? Ursus Rex Dec 4 #5

An argument for moving data centers to Alaska or more densely populated cold places in the "snowbelt." pat_k Dec 4 #42

This is a nice thing OnionPatch Dec 4 #7

Please explain how that helps the fossil fuel industry. JohnnyRingo Dec 4 #10

Are you talking to me? It doesn't help the fossil fuel industry. applegrove Dec 4 #11

I was being sarcastic. JohnnyRingo Dec 4 #12

Sorry. I get it now. I didn't think you were a troll applegrove Dec 4 #14

I was being sarcastic again. JohnnyRingo Dec 4 #17

LOL! applegrove Dec 4 #18

Well, I for one knew where you were coming from in the first few words. Cheers! erronis Dec 4 #16

It takes huge amounts of Electricity popsdenver Dec 4 #37

Of course it helps the fossil fuel industry... NewLarry Dec 4 #26

Rec jfz9580m Dec 4 #45

And when they finally figure out the data centers are worthless and shut them down? erronis Dec 4 #15

Putting them underground also helps with noise and space constraints IronLionZion Dec 4 #20

Thank You Or Posting This! Rendville Dec 4 #21

Trump would have his peons bomb the place. twodogsbarking Dec 4 #23

Finland and Iceland are already positioned to take advantage of this kind of technology... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 4 #24

Yeah, he'll call them underground wind mills or some such shit. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 4 #25

I don't know. Sounds kind of "woke" to me. If it's not coal, Trump isn't interested. Vinca Dec 4 #27

Acushnet Process Company, which started making Titleist golf balls, used to heat the building in the winter from...... usaf-vet Dec 4 #28

Yes computers were huge back in the day. applegrove Dec 4 #29

WWBOD? - What Would Big Oil Do? JoseBalow Dec 4 #30

Good one! calimary Friday #47

Inefficient use of a wasteful process's leftovers. marble falls Dec 4 #31

Inefficient use is better than no use at all. Shipwack Dec 4 #34

Trump doesn't have to make this illegal. In most of the country we can't do this at all. jmowreader Dec 4 #32

Reminds me of the Minnesota Supercomputer Center GopherGal Dec 4 #33

Fa geta bout it! This is only possible when you have government oversight and an educated populace. flashman13 Dec 4 #35

Silly me popsdenver Dec 4 #36

Considering that the U.S. is 29 times the size of Finland, I'm pretty sure this is a problem of scale, and not ancianita Dec 4 #38

If would probably. work in large cities if there were still large tenements. LiberalArkie Dec 4 #39

District heat networks? In America you pay to have your data-center heat delivered in a truck. paulkienitz Dec 4 #43

Given the places it would make sense, seems to me it's a great "blue state" (subset: snowbelt) initiative. pat_k Dec 4 #44