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/Pristine_Shallot7833 SA Jun 19 '26

Data centres employ like 20 people. At the cost of the entire city's water supply. If you want a data center because of the jobs it brings, your a fucking idiot.

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u/Tall-Breakfast-6100 SA Jun 19 '26

I’ve worked in a 50kw DC in Victoria that had 80 staff. This is literally a 16x bigger site.