<![CDATA[This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified]]>This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified

The scale sounds almost unreal. The proposed campus reportedly spans around 40,000 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, an area larger than many major cities.

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This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified

This project could physically alter the landscape for humans and wildlife

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/737f85f5-788b-4b45-a594-7dc6fe33c411/this-ai-data-center-will-be-bigger-than-2-000-walmarts-and-dump-23-atom-bombs-worth-of-energy-into-the-environment-every-day-and-locals-are-terrifiedRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:30:33 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 12:00:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Thu, 14 May 2026 14:03:18 GMT]]>@grootinside @gerrymcgovern Answer: This is the run away, unsupervised by responsible adults, corrupted crap game run by competing profit and power Corpo entities run on the back of the Nation (as I see it in the US), the table controlled by the fat cat GOP dealers in support of the Trump House, who sincerely feels democracy stands in the way of his scams, power, sick and psycho whims.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Huntn00/statuses/116573300238949861https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Huntn00/statuses/116573300238949861Thu, 14 May 2026 14:03:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Thu, 14 May 2026 13:43:02 GMT]]>@eldersea @publicwondering @gerrymcgovern With such a environmentally caustic endeavor in any sane system, government would be running a consolidated effort making these entities work together, not open multiple (30 in the US?) energy sucking, water consuming, and environment harming, competing for corporate profits. But this is the new age of tycoons and capitalism run amuck. 💥

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Huntn00/statuses/116573220507713176https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Huntn00/statuses/116573220507713176Thu, 14 May 2026 13:43:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Thu, 14 May 2026 13:27:23 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern Nothing says better than this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Huntn00/statuses/116573158988369447https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Huntn00/statuses/116573158988369447Thu, 14 May 2026 13:27:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Thu, 14 May 2026 07:36:28 GMT]]>@cy @gerrymcgovern first thing i thought of, too. wouldn't be surprised if this is that, upgraded

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/airshipper/statuses/116571779123094334https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/airshipper/statuses/116571779123094334Thu, 14 May 2026 07:36:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Thu, 14 May 2026 00:43:14 GMT]]>@eldersea @publicwondering @gerrymcgovern Feels more like they're taking paintings of horses and sticking them in front of carriages to me. Except they've somehow found the most inefficient possible way of painting too. They just keep insisting over and over that they're real horses, so people believe them just because they keep saying it — especially the CEOs really excited by the thought of killing the real horses to make glue.

It's a heck of a scam.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116570154228401978https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116570154228401978Thu, 14 May 2026 00:43:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 21:25:16 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern A state governed by white Republicans with deregulation as a religion. Not surprised. When their electric bills quadruple, they will blame Obama.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/mls14/statuses/116569375816889802https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/mls14/statuses/116569375816889802Wed, 13 May 2026 21:25:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 20:13:34 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern
How can it be 9gw electricity, but 16gw thermal load?
9gw would require like 6 medium size nuclear power plants, not a gas power plant.
Crazy numbers.

Ai is the holy grail, but at this cost and no idea if it's even going anywhere. It's like the train has started, everybody is burning fuel to go as far as possible, but is the train even pointed at the right direction?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/Noisecolor/statuses/116569093868776845https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/Noisecolor/statuses/116569093868776845Wed, 13 May 2026 20:13:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 19:34:31 GMT]]>]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1778700871.247569https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1778700871.247569Wed, 13 May 2026 19:34:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 18:40:11 GMT]]>@tk @gerrymcgovern @assimilateborg Unfortunately, some luxury bunkers are built with tech that's being kept from the masses, for this very reason.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116568726686548406https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116568726686548406Wed, 13 May 2026 18:40:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:51 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern it's not so much the stupidity... actually it's exactly the stupidity .

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116568469778291785https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116568469778291785Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:27:44 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Deixis9/statuses/116568441783670472https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Deixis9/statuses/116568441783670472Wed, 13 May 2026 17:27:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:20:21 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern @assimilateborg It'd probably be more effective to drop them on the mansions of the rich people who keep doing shit like this. You know, get to the root of the problem.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-726a-04b2-d5a3-f08717281788https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-726a-04b2-d5a3-f08717281788Wed, 13 May 2026 17:20:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:03:29 GMT]]>@assimilateborg @gerrymcgovern Yeah, one to demolish the data center one time seems like a much better outcome than 23 every day...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/116568346412479240https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/116568346412479240Wed, 13 May 2026 17:03:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:41:57 GMT]]>@woo it can't come soon enough. AI feels like a death dance in the final days of a Growth Death Cult.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116568261777165094https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116568261777165094Wed, 13 May 2026 16:41:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:32:04 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern I don't want AI because this was obvious. What is less obvious, is why anyone else does. AI should be a few research projects at this point. Will the AI Winter be this year or next? Do we have another year?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/woo/statuses/116568222872925619https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/woo/statuses/116568222872925619Wed, 13 May 2026 16:32:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:27:50 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern Who is greenlighting these monsters?

Or more appropriately, who is being paid to permit them?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116568206237465980https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116568206237465980Wed, 13 May 2026 16:27:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:09:24 GMT]]>@Shivviness @gerrymcgovern
Massive Ontario warehouse set on fire by alleged arsonist to be demolished
https://nypost.com/2026/05/11/us-news/massive-ontario-warehouse-set-on-fire-by-alleged-arsonist-to-be-demolished/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568133790623779https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568133790623779Wed, 13 May 2026 16:09:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:08:13 GMT]]>@cy how many hurricanes?
1 hurricane = 600TW. So it's 0.00003 hurricanes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568129139451985https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568129139451985Wed, 13 May 2026 16:08:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:04:07 GMT]]>@Brokar @gerrymcgovern they run the data center directly off the emergency generators. No electricity hookup needed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568112970825307https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568112970825307Wed, 13 May 2026 16:04:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:03:13 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern hmm, dropping atom bombs would be a solution when the data center is finished.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568109421848736https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116568109421848736Wed, 13 May 2026 16:03:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:12:07 GMT]]>@BoomlandJenkins @gerrymcgovern good for ceo's for as long as they can keep accountability at bay?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/morfil/statuses/116567908506308101https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/morfil/statuses/116567908506308101Wed, 13 May 2026 15:12:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:12:01 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern If this will ever get built, i wonder how this turns out if for example the electricity fails and all the emergency generators (must be hundreds of them) spin up all at once. This is neither eco friendly (most certainly gas powered) nor a silent operation, considering that people live around that area.
This will so drastically devalue your property and your quality of life if you currently live near this area.
When they start construction, you better move far away while you can.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Brokar/statuses/116567908097553185https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Brokar/statuses/116567908097553185Wed, 13 May 2026 15:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:59:53 GMT]]>@publicwondering @gerrymcgovern "Flood the zone with shit." - Moloch Bannon. I have to think some significant portion of those involved at a high level have to understand the economics of Gen AI just don't work. Trump loves anything that distracts from Epstein. Big tech loves the appearance of growth. The money people are still making money. All of the entities at the top of this love the endless distraction this has now turned into. As long as enough of us believe the plate is still spinning, power and money is still being made, and we pay the true costs. No one of any "significance" is in any danger of losing anything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/115968467698693484/statuses/116567860432184809https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/115968467698693484/statuses/116567860432184809Wed, 13 May 2026 14:59:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:57:52 GMT]]>@GhostOnTheHalfShell @gerrymcgovern

When you suck that much water out of the ground, it virtually always impacts the surrounding aquifers and surface streams. The planners know this but they also know the public doesn't.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116567852498713611https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116567852498713611Wed, 13 May 2026 14:57:52 GMT