u/DayTrader_Dav

Every time this comes up the pitch seems to be “we need more data centers because China.”

Maybe. But if I lived next to one, China probably wouldn’t be the first thing I cared about. I’d care whether my electricity bill goes up, how much water it uses and whether my town actually gets anything out of it.

That’s why the Ohio project is interesting to me. The grid upgrades are supposed to be paid for by the project, they’re using a recirculating cooling setup, and there are actual local-job/community commitments attached.

That seems like a much better model.

If AI infrastructure is really this strategically important, the goal shouldn’t just be “build more data centers.”

It should be “build them so the people living beside them don’t hate them.”

Curious whether people here think that’s realistic.

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This is exactly why these negotiations matter. It’s not simply about some conferences trying to protect their advantages; it’s about addressing concerns that could affect the entire system. College sports is too complicated for a rushed solution. The SEC and Big Ten aren’t just asking for special treatment... they’re trying to make sure the rules actually work for everyone instead of locking the entire system into rules that may not work for years to come.