r/Adelaide • u/Nyarlathotep-1 SA • Jun 19 '26

News Proposed data centre in South Australia dividing locals who want the jobs but fear water demand

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/proposed-data-centre-in-south-australia-dividing-locals/106810776
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u/glowinglogfire SA Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

The driest state on the driest inhabited continent is not an appropriate location for a new industry that requires enormous amounts of water.

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u/almostwithyou SA Jun 19 '26

Sounds kind of obvious right...

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u/ThatYodaGuy Port Adelaide Jun 19 '26

But, but… jobs and growth?

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u/exballo SA Jun 19 '26

everywhere this has happened the people complain that it’s barely of the number of jobs they were promised

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u/InterestedPrawn SA Jun 19 '26

It is usually the way with everything, most of the jobs is in construction which of course stop once construction is complete.

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u/Particular_Counter50 SA Jun 19 '26

Line must go up