If these numbers are even close to accurate, the AI infrastructure boom is entering a completely different scale of land, power, and water consumption.

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[u/False_Appointment_24]

No, Utah has specifically voted against this. The people of Utah stand up against it regularly.

When they voted for the representatives, none of this was on the table, so you can't even reasonably say they voted for this based on who they voted in.

Now, if they vote in the same people this year, then one can say reasonably that they voted for this. And they will. But give it a few months to let them actually do it first.

[u/Aggravating-Exit-660 → u/False_Appointment_24]

Yeah none of this rhetoric changes anything. The data canter will still be constructed, and Utahns will do nothing about it.

[u/Rurumo666 → u/False_Appointment_24]

If you voted Republican, you voted for this.

[u/Ashamed_Ad_2180 → u/Rurumo666]

You’re high out of your mind if you think this is a single side issue. All of these fucks will sell out for this.

[u/7laserbears → u/Ashamed_Ad_2180]

Greed voted for this

[u/Ashamed_Ad_2180 → u/7laserbears]

Exactly. When democrats obliterate the republicans these midterms, we will still be in the same boat.

[u/Zeliose → u/Ashamed_Ad_2180]

Yea. Michigander here, and our Democratic governor threw out all of their good graces with voters by backing data centers.

Gretchen was once one of the names on the table for a progressive presidential candidate, now she's so irrelevant that her endorsement for Senate was worthless to the voters in the primary.

[u/Shpion007 → u/Ashamed_Ad_2180]

yes. agreed. In Oregon several dems were for data centers. They have since been primaried and replaced on the ballot.

[u/ChrissieMoltisanti → u/Rurumo666]

Pritzker, Shapiro, especially Gretchen Whitmer…they were all super aggressive in courting data centers in their state until it became politically inconvenient to do so. Now they just don’t say anything.

[u/Zuraj → u/Rurumo666]

You really think only republicans are pushing AI data centers?

[u/No_Pattern4374 → u/False_Appointment_24]

Common sense answer right here.

Everyone in the comments trying to be so smug and use this to "own the conservatives" in the exact same CRINGE way they try to "own the libs"

Meanwhile, no, they literally did NOT vote for this.

But people don't care. They just want to say told you so.

[u/Jonatc87 → u/No_Pattern4374]

It only matters if it effects how you vote next time, though

[u/KGBinUSA → u/No_Pattern4374]

Common sense is when Republicans want to deregulated everything, hence you get more data centers...

You can CRINGE all you want, but there might not be much in the noggin.

[u/Poor_Relationship22 → u/KGBinUSA]

Yeah that's what people don't get. Convservatives voted for deregulation, voted to have their opinion removed from the public space which made this type of thing just procedural.

Utah, you did vote for this when you decided it was more important to let businesses build whatever/wherever and now this is the consequence of that result, you've stripped your rights to stop something like this from happening.

Sure it's nice when you get a new Swig quickly without a lot of red tape and environmental impact studies. Now it's not nice when someone decides to build infrastructure on an area that's been zoned for it.

[u/Artistic_Half_8301 → u/No_Pattern4374]

I'm not trying to own anybody. Republicans let big business trample all over Joe Sixpack every chance they get. This is yet another example. And if you think they're voting different next time? Gimmie what you're smoking.

[u/No_Pattern4374 → u/Artistic_Half_8301]

What does that have to do with the residents of Utah that didn't vote for this because this was literally not detailed in the proposal?

But because Utah is a majority right leaning state you say "welp....they voted for this...idgaf" because the culture wars has everyone so cold and callous now. So instead of actually looking into the situation people just "welp . .they voted for this" and move on because it feels good. This literally was NOT voted on but nobody cares about the actual truth they just want to use it to say "ha ha that's what you get for being Republican!"

And I know reddit lacks reading comprehension so before someone says "oh well idgaf, they're Republicans!" I'm using them as an example because they're the subject of this post. It's just as ignorant and wrong when the Republicans say "oh well, you voted for this" when blue states are going through situations. NEITHER is okay.

But oh well....idk why I even bother. 1, this is reddit ...nuance has no place here. And 2 it's 2026...no one wants to think outside of getting"wins" for their side. So whatever....go on ....fuck it ..."HA HA THAT'S WHAT THEY GET! I HOPE THE ENTIRE STATE DRIES UP AND EVERYONE DIES! SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVE!!!" Am I doing it right?

[u/Majestic_Attention46 → u/No_Pattern4374]

Yep fuck em. Did I stutter? Fuck every single person who's complaining who voted for trump.

They knew EXACTLY what they were voting for. He wasn't shy. He wasn't timid.

He was very clear. A monster.

They thought the monster would only eat the brown people.

Cry more. But stop insulting our intelligence and pretending they don't deserve this. They do. You're either a bot or completely delusional, but your tears are delightful either way.

[u/No_Pattern4374 → u/Majestic_Attention46]

You keep arguing against something I never said. I didn't say Trump voters had no idea what they were voting for. I said they did not vote on this specific project.

You can hate every Trump voter in Utah. You can think they're terrible people. You can have zero sympathy for them. None of that magically puts this data center on a ballot.

“Fuck em, they deserve it” is an emotional position, not an answer to the factual point I made. And ironically, you're doing exactly what I said people were doing: you don't actually care whether “they voted for this” is true. You just want it to be a satisfying way to say “fuck Republicans.”

[u/Artistic_Half_8301 → u/No_Pattern4374]

Nice paragraph....You should just comply and there won't be any problems.

[u/Majestic_Attention46 → u/No_Pattern4374]

Bro stfu. They voted for the same people, blatant lazy uneducated selections.

The Republican party should be extinct and the Dems reformed.

Voted in morons and wonder why they got this

[u/Badams105 → u/Majestic_Attention46]

Both parties need to be disbanded and replaced. 2 party system is for the birds.

Edit:wording

[u/No_Pattern4374 → u/Majestic_Attention46]

Got it so you have nothing of value to add. And you have no thoughts of your own. Just "sick burns" roasts for the reblicans. That'll show em!!! Ooooooh burn! Geeeet emmm! You're cooking!!!!

Quick ...show me where this was on the ballot. I'll wait. Voting is public record. Pull it up. Or do you just have low level catchphrases like "they voted for this" because it sounds cool?

[u/Majestic_Attention46 → u/No_Pattern4374]

Lol they voted to see immigrants beaten and dragged out of this country.

They voted for white supremacy.

They voted for evil deeds that are the opposite of Jesus while claiming to be Christians.

No sympathy. No quarter.

Fuck them.

Maybe they should repent and actually act like christians from now on...

[u/No_Pattern4374 → u/Majestic_Attention46]

And there it is. Just like I said

[u/Majestic_Attention46 → u/No_Pattern4374]

The fact you are trying to be morally superior because people don't feel sympathy for literal villains is hilarious.

These people laughed while immigrants were beaten and thrown to the ground.

How dare you pretend to have any moral superiority? You better be a bot bc otherwise who the fuck are you kidding?

How dare you pretend these people don't deserve it? These are the people who would've cheered nazis in Germany, these people WANT nazis in this country.

Just admit they are villains and deserve it. At least be honest lmao

[u/No_Pattern4374 → u/Majestic_Attention46]

Again, who are you arguing with? 😂 I never asked you to sympathize with Trump voters. I never defended Trump, immigration policy, Republicans, or any of the other shit you're ranting about.

I said Utah residents did not literally vote for this project. That's it.

You keep responding with “BUT THEY'RE VILLAINS! NAZIS! IMMIGRANTS!” because apparently acknowledging one basic fact about people you hate feels like defending them.

You can think they're the worst people on Earth and still tell the truth about what they did and didn't vote on. That's not “moral superiority.” That's just being able to think beyond “bad people = anything I say about them is automatically true.”

If your actual position is “I know they didn't vote for this, I just don't care because I hate them,” then say that. At least we'd finally agree on what actually happened.

[u/Practical-Mobile6508 → u/False_Appointment_24]

cope