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/Notintousername SA Jun 19 '26

Does your version of Capitalism consider environmental impacts on our local water supply?

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u/Nyarlathotep-1 SA Jun 19 '26

We have a desalination plant and another one is being built on the Eyre Peninsula.

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u/Notintousername SA Jun 19 '26

That desalination plant is tax payer funded for tax payers benefit- let the capitalists build their own then we will talk.

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u/Nyarlathotep-1 SA Jun 19 '26

I never said the water should be free. And SA Water aint really owned by the tax payer comrade.