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minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoOne makes power more expensive, decreases wages, and steals your drinking water, the other gives you cheap power, good jobs, and filtered water (though excess capacity rarely goes into the municipal supply).
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoAnd one steals all your drinking water. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoUpdated. Nuclear plants have a complex relation with water usage tho, potentially positive, usually negative.
One makes power more expensive, decreases wages, and steals your drinking water, the other gives you cheap power, good jobs, and filtered water (though excess capacity rarely goes into the municipal supply).
And one steals all your drinking water.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988
Updated. Nuclear plants have a complex relation with water usage tho, potentially positive, usually negative.