[manueltgomes]

> A Gallup survey released Wednesday shows 71% of Americans are somewhat or strongly opposed to the building of AI data centers in their area, mostly out of concern for their environmental impact.

I know that nuclear power plants are getting safer and safer. but saying that this is the main concern..

> 5 million gallons. That’s how much water large data centers can consume per day, equivalent to the water use of a town with a population of 10,000 to 50,000.

Quick search online tells me that a nuclear power plant uses as much as 35–65 million gallons...

All of this apart from the actual danger of having a NUCLEAR power plant near home.. The accidents in the past were rare but the ones that existed we still mention them by name with the impact well know.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

They can be built with so called 'dry-cooling towers'. It's just rarely done, except for a few in very arid regions so far.

Because it is more expensive initially. Considering the expected lifetime of about 60 years OTOH, this looks like 'peanuts', compared to the other operating costs, and indeed saving some because of much less used water over time.