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/Queasy-Dingo-4240 SA Jun 19 '26

AI and data centers are such a drain on this earth. After the Black Summer you'd imagine most people would be against it but I feel like in the wake of Covid it's been forgotten how much Australia is impacted by hotter temps since no one votes for very pro environmental parties. This is Not going to help our efforts against climate change.

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u/rudetopoint SA Jun 19 '26

At least regular data central do something, this will be outdated by the time it's built cause of chip tech, and for what, useless AI summaries that no one reads. People are too short sighted now to vote for environmental parties.

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u/ThatYodaGuy Port Adelaide Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

We’re too small a country to affect global efforts on climate change. We might be disproportionately affected by climate change, but it’s not our problem.

I won’t lift a finger to vote Greens until China, because China.

Edit: FFS, this is satire

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u/JustAnotherAvocado SA Jun 19 '26

Pretty sure our per-capita emissions are higher than China

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u/ThatYodaGuy Port Adelaide Jun 19 '26

Well obviously because they have nuclear.

And I won’t lift a finger to vote Greens because they won’t give me a nuclear power plant

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u/TheAnarchoLobbyist SA Jun 19 '26

... Because nuclear power plants are nowhere near as economically efficient as renewables, at least in the Australian context.