14caratgoldjones

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OU flukes a baseball title, a couple of Tn posters can't stop thinking about Texas

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I fixed.

Chocolate Thunder from the planet Lovetron.

Dude shattered backboards. The NBA changed to breakaway rims because of him!

I wouldn't be too concerned just yet.
I know 6 families that have had “contracts” to sell their land to developers, who in turn hustle find an end buyer.
Not one of them closed and 5 outta 6 so far fell through. I’m pretty sure it’ll be all 6, but they’ll know in November.
These were all written up well over a year ago.

I was shocked at how many of these actually do NOT get off the ground. Maybe 1 in 15 from start to finish?
The property has to meet all the criteria with resources, but also get through all the politics to reach the finish line.
I watched a family go from extreme euphoria, thinking they are going get 42 million dollars, to pure agony in one phone call. I can’t imagine the roll coaster of emotions. I’d be sick.

My kids know where I stand but I don’t push them either way. I show examples in society of what drove this, and why this is that way, agendas, etc. due to laws and politics.

I expect my daughter to go off to school and become a little left leaning. It’s a part of the process of becoming full circle. I went through the same to an extent.

What WILL hurt is if they do that “ultimatum” crap and say we’re not communicating with you due to your political leaning. Then, I know they’ve been brainwashed and completely lost what’s important. I preach family non stop. These are the people that have your back.
Slim chance of that happening, but it does cross my mind from time to time and how I would handle it.

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Mass surveillance centers

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We already have that today with phones, computers, satellites, vehicles, etc, etc. There’s nothing more to track. The tracking has already been done, minute by minute, for a decade. What’s left to track? Nothing! That’s 2010’s news.

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Let’s say we're talking about a mid-range data center. That's going to take in ~20k-30k gallons per day if it's a closed-loop system

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So LESS than the equivalent of your average small wood mill or tiny chemical plant of which there are at least a 100 of these scattered across Louisiana alone. I never heard the first peep about water usage being an issue until the mention of a data center. NOW, all of the sudden it’s the end of times. This is going be another Y2K. Complete panic until you realize nothing of this apocalyptic shite will ever actually happen.

People jump up and down and scream “change, no jobs, no opportunity, no progress,” until opportunity come knocking, and then scream “NOOO…. Oh shite, it’s going to change!”

Sometimes we just have to admit we REALLY don’t want change. You either do or you don’t. If you don’t, then stop screaming for progress and opportunity. Simple as that. It may not benefit ME, but to hell with the 100’s of families that it will. That’s the normal attitude today.

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And it'll bring about 10 permanent jobs to the area. The rest of the shite will be done remotely.

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Better than no jobs at all and the infrastructure won’t be stressed for years to come trying to accommodate 300-500 families.

The county will also receive anywhere from 1-1/2 to 2 million in tax revenue a month. Massive gain! Sounds like a win to me.

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I think they look for places where land is cheap and where they think the people are too poor and politically disengaged to stop them. I don't think they care about the environment or the impact on residents beyond doing the bare minimum requires by law.

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While cheap land is a plus, this is just not true. They are paying anywhere from 35,000 per acre to 300,000 per acre, or more in a few cases. Most rural land is selling for 3-5k an acre for unimproved land in the Southeast. Out of the 100’s of millions of acres of land, what they require has to fit specific criteria. POWER is #1 limiting factor. That alone eliminates millions of acres itself.
Gas lines are also a plus. That also eliminates millions more. If you find the right place where you can get the electric power AND natural gas at a specific site, that’s the golden egg.

Now you are down to just a handful of places that meet this criteria. They just don’t go for cheap land with poor people to exploit. The places they are choosing have been pinpointed and due diligence done before even CONSIDERING a Data Center build. It’s a needle in a haystack to meet the requirements. You can’t just pop one up anywhere just because the land is cheap.

I say we just get out of the rat race and let China, Russia, Europe, Asia and Middle East make major advances in AI. We can sit here and complain about fabricated anti-data center BS, and just let them rule the world, while the US drifts off into obscurity. Excellent idea. America LAST!! At least my power bill didn’t go up.

There is supposed to be a Data center coming to our area. The end buyer who has yet to be named but known by the county, said they were covering ALL cost to upgrade infrastructure. They’re going to come in and put 175 million in the county coffers. Schools system locally a would get a 20% increase to their operating budget.
It would be a closed loop cooling system so 60k gal of water needed. Nothing outrageous as other mills in the area use 3x as much. They would hire a minimum of 85 employees and the county would receive 2 million in tax monthly. They are covering all road construction cost to widen the roads leading to the facility. They are also going to be using natural gas to power the facility and have electricity through Alabama Power as a back up. They assured no one’s power bill would increase, and I believe the state of Alabama has a bill that covers this topic that the power bills for customers cannot increase due to these data centers. This is all stated in the contract.

This county can’t even keep its jail in compliance and has to carry inmates to neighboring facilities. We are always under a “boil water” notice. Failing school system every year. They can’t hardly fund kids sports. The data center they would float all expenses for youth projects. Broke isn’t the word for his county.

Data center said the county could use a portion of the 175 million, for water/sewer line upgrades, or whatever they want to use it for. It’s theirs ti spend how they choose. That’s just the up front $.

They will also be working closely with the local colleges to offer computer science degrees and hire local students who receive those degrees.

I see it as nothing but a win/win. We will NEVER get another opportunity for this kind of tax revenue for this broke arse county if they refuse this project. 2 million dollar check in the mail every month would be like hitting the lottery here.

It’ll be located on 1200 acres in the middle of nowhere. The nearest home would be 1/2 maybe? And that’s like 2 homes. Extremely rural countryside other than that. Bring it on!

Your welcome.