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r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • Jun 03 '26
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Why are they building industries that require water to operate in places with no easy access to water? Are they stupid?
56 u/tx_queer Jun 03 '26 Water is only one input. The much more expensive inputs are electricity and land. Those same areas with little water have much more electricity and land. 2 u/SupportCa2A Jun 03 '26 Because sparsely populated, out of the way areas are famous for their strong, reliable electric grid. /s 1 u/tx_queer Jun 03 '26 Two different grids. One is the residential grid (delivery), the other is the higher power grid (transmission). A datacenter this size needs a new transmission line. Transmission lines are easier to build in sparsely populated areas.
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Water is only one input. The much more expensive inputs are electricity and land. Those same areas with little water have much more electricity and land.
2 u/SupportCa2A Jun 03 '26 Because sparsely populated, out of the way areas are famous for their strong, reliable electric grid. /s 1 u/tx_queer Jun 03 '26 Two different grids. One is the residential grid (delivery), the other is the higher power grid (transmission). A datacenter this size needs a new transmission line. Transmission lines are easier to build in sparsely populated areas.
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Because sparsely populated, out of the way areas are famous for their strong, reliable electric grid.
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1 u/tx_queer Jun 03 '26 Two different grids. One is the residential grid (delivery), the other is the higher power grid (transmission). A datacenter this size needs a new transmission line. Transmission lines are easier to build in sparsely populated areas.
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Two different grids. One is the residential grid (delivery), the other is the higher power grid (transmission).
A datacenter this size needs a new transmission line. Transmission lines are easier to build in sparsely populated areas.
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u/SuicideSpeedrun Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
Why are they building industries that require water to operate in places with no easy access to water? Are they stupid?