Ankeny water ban

[chuckd4735]

so do they use cooling towers or some other sort of heat exchangers? just curious how they cool the water down in a closed loop system at those places?

I'm definitely not the person to answer. I'm my limited involvement with them at the local level, I know most used closed loops so overall consumption is not great.

 

[Letterkenny]

S/o to all the fear mongers online, an older lady at my office came into work scared that the DSM drinking water was going to be deemed no longer safe because of what she read on Facebook.

The water is perfectly fine and anyone trying to tell you otherwise needs to seek help.

I'm not personally worried about it myself, but it's not like there is zero history of local governments lying about the "safety" of their tap water. It's understandable some people aren't going to trust it.

 

[Turn2]

Chris Jones (@theswinerepublic.bsky.social)

1.1 million pounds of nitrate-nitrogen will pass through the city of Cedar Rapids today in the Cedar River. That's equivalent to the contents of 322 of these. One day, one river, in Iowa...

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[BWRhasnoAC]

Sorry, misunderstood what you were saying. Regardless, the point is we have all made data centers a giant priority, and their demand is huge. These things are heavily competitive and backed politically with some pretty heavy incentives.

This is like the smoking ban in Iowa where casinos get an exception.

They're annoying. I don't think they even pay taxes for another 10 years here. Plus they only give us a handful of jobs compared to their size.

 

[houjix]

They're annoying. I don't think they even pay taxes for another 10 years here. Plus they only give us a handful of jobs compared to their size.

They put a lot of people to work during design and construction, but yes, they only have a small amount of permanent jobs per building once completed.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

They put a lot of people to work during design and construction, but yes, they only have a small amount of permanent jobs per building once completed.

So basically no return besides the initial construction.

 

[TitanClone]

So basically no return besides the initial construction.

They do provide very few full time on site jobs but provide a lot of electrical work. Still pennies relative to size and the revenue they produce. The Google data center in Council Bluffs was a catalyst for Echo Electric Suplly's huge expansion over the past 15ish years that led to a massive sale last year to Sonepar.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

They do provide very few full time on site jobs but provide a lot of electrical work. Still pennies relative to size and the revenue they produce. The Google data center in Council Bluffs was a catalyst for Echo Electric Suplly's huge expansion over the past 15ish years that led to a massive sale last year to Sonepar.

Ya, so enriching one entity.