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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by unrented7977 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:19PM (#50473591)
How about everyone living downstream of coal plants?
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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by amanaplanacanal on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:30PM (#50473757)
Coal plants are worse, of course. Thankfully they are so expensive to run that they are being shut down.
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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:35PM (#50473843)
You're giving a rational answer to peoples' emotional reaction to some very highly publicized events. That's not going to move their needle.
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