[ryandrake]

Is that really the primary concern about datacenters? Their aesthetics? I thought the major problem with them was that they muscle in on valuable resources like water and electricity, consuming what would otherwise be used by people, and driving the prices up.

[nemomarx]

Taking up land is one of the resources they use - consider cutting down trees to clear space for a large one, or the habitats that might have been in that space. That's not really an aesthetic thing.

[jandrewrogers]

Data centers use a lot of electricity but negligible water.

[ericd]

Guessing some used swamp coolers to save electricity on chillers, and some motivated people decided to make a big stink about it? Now everyone seems to think that DCs inherently use up tons of fresh water.

They are definitely driving up electric costs for residential customers, though (along with EVs and heat pumps) which is a major problem.

[TitaRusell]

Would you build one on Pennsylvania Avenue?