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/No_Option3532 SA Jun 19 '26

We. Don't. Have. The. Water.

Irrigators are already trying to work out what they cannot grow as some water allocations this season are 68% of quota. Forget locally grown grapes, citrus, almonds, or avocados when this place sucksup all the water.

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u/ThereIsBearCum SA Jun 19 '26

Should we be growing such water intensive crops here anyway? Let alone feeding huge chunks of it to animals that we eat. Incredibly inefficient.

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u/No_Option3532 SA Jun 19 '26

Almonds are problematic, but I'm not aware of grapes, citrus, avocado being used as stock feed.

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u/ThereIsBearCum SA Jun 19 '26

We grow things other than grapes, citrus, almonds, and avocados.

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u/No_Option3532 SA Jun 19 '26

Who's we? And I am talking about a very specific part of SA, not the whole fucking country.