Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.
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Almacca@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
If AI centres need so much cooling, why are they building them in Texas in the first place?
haloduder@thelemmy.club 5 hours ago
haloduder@thelemmy.club 5 hours ago
Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.
haloduder@thelemmy.club 5 hours ago
Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 hours ago
Solar power?
Almacca@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
Apparently only partially, but mostly a natural gas plant to even further wreck the planet.
There’s hundreds of billions of dollars available to pour into this, and for what benefit to the nation? Meanwhile, the rest of the country’s infrastructure is crumbling.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Lack of regulations of all kinds
Almacca@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
On a suspicion, I had a quick look, and of course there’s also tax incentives, apparently.
Love this quote “Texas had long been a preferred location for large data centers given its central location, economic climate, reliable electric grid, historically low occurrences of natural disasters, educated workforce and pro-business environment.” :|
elvith@feddit.org 16 hours ago
Found the reason
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Yeah, the Texas electric grid is as reliable as a cardboard shed in a hurricane.
Speaking of hurricanes, “historically low occurrence of natural disasters” is also the exact opposite of reality and rapidly getting WORSE.
The real reason is of course corrupt politicians in charge of a kakistocratic government that’ll let them get away with anything up to and including mass murder while throwing money at them.
attinio@feddit.it 5 hours ago
The republican capacity for lying never ceases to amaze me.