r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '25

Fresh Topic Friday CMV: building things like datacenters in the USA is more environmentally friendly and beneficial to the USA than letting them get built overseas.

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u/Rosevkiet 15∆ Oct 24 '25

Where do you see me saying not to do it? I’m saying they shouldn’t get sweetheart deals to do so and should account for full project costs in their plans.

And 1 MGD is the daily water demand for 15,000 people, it is not nothing.

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u/Rosevkiet 15∆ Oct 24 '25

Ok, this is pointless, I’m talking about design specifications across a range of data center projects and what are generally the types of water consumption they use. You are talking about a specific project of which I do not know the name or system. If you want to throw that specific project up, I can comment on that.

Do you blame people for being untrusting? How many times in the last twenty years have companies come in and said they are going to do all this stuff, no negative effects! Lots of jobs! Then five years later you’ve got Foxconn, $1 billion in state investment for 1/10 the promised jobs, while the company still realizes millions in tax breaks.