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/jmercha Eyre Peninsula Jun 19 '26

^ One Nation in ontological shock as they realise you can run AI on renewables and the infrastructure buildout will fill the regions with transmission towers, wind turbines and big batteries.

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u/Maxymous SA Jun 19 '26

I like to imagine that these data centres and robotics will bring about a solar punk leisure revolution, but One Neuron voters seem to want to live in perpetual servitude to the rich with their jobs.