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eppur_se_muova

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1. If data centers are to be built, they should go on otherwise UNUSABLE land. Not on good soil.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:54 AM

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All they need is space and connections for power and water. They should not block access to good soil formed by decades, or centuries, of favorable environmental conditions.

Build them in 10-year flood zones. All that hardware will be outmoded by the time the next flood hits anyway.

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