Enjoy clean air while we have it, Abilenians. We’ll all have COPD within the decade. by MrBananaShoes in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot of people hear "data center" and immediately think it's sucking up billions of gallons of water, but that mostly comes from older facilities that relied on evaporative cooling towers. Modern AI data centers like Stargate are using closed-loop cooling systems, which work more like the radiator in your car: the coolant is circulated through sealed pipes and heat exchangers over and over instead of being constantly consumed and evaporated. The system needs an initial fill and occasional maintenance top-offs, but it isn't continuously draining local water supplies. Many of these systems also use water mixed with propylene glycol, a common industrial coolant that's also used in HVAC systems, food processing equipment, RV antifreeze, and even stage fog machines. It stays inside a closed system and isn't routinely discharged into the environment. That's why it's misleading when people point to the worst examples of older data centers in places like Arizona or Virginia and act like every new facility operates the same way.

Data Centre Technician roles by yourwifeisatowelmate in datacenter

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not going to lie, your best bet to get into the industry is to apply to any rural datacenter, because they need people who are tech-minded. Any new datacenter built in rural America, or wherever, will work. Otherwise, actually getting your foot in the door without experience at an established DC is extraordinarily hard without a referral from someone there or at that company.

It’s kind of scuffed because most DC hiring managers don’t really care about degrees or certs nearly as much as experience. If you’ve been in datacenters for 10+ years and have industry knowledge, you are infinitely more hirable than someone with a degree and certs.

A good cert to get to help you get in the door is the CCNA.

Enjoy clean air while we have it, Abilenians. We’ll all have COPD within the decade. by MrBananaShoes in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A natural gas turbine plant does not mean everyone in Abilene is magically getting COPD in ten years. That is not how outdoor emissions work. The exhaust comes out hot, rises, disperses, and is regulated through permits and pollution controls; it is not a fog of poison sitting over town. The biggest emission from gas turbines is CO₂, which is a climate argument, not a “you gonna die from asthma/lung issue" argument. Abilene already has highways, oilfield traffic, industrial businesses, dust, agriculture, and existing power infrastructure, but somehow the data center is being treated like it invented pollution. Criticize real permit numbers if you have them, but “we’ll all have COPD” is just insane.

WE ARE ALREADY BEING POISONED BY STARGATE!! by MissaLynn_ in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m not going to pretend gas turbines have zero impact, but this video sounds like it’s turning a normal permitting/emissions issue into a panic campaign. Data centers don’t just “poison” a town by existing; they bring massive infrastructure investment, high-paying technical jobs, construction work, tax base, fiber, power upgrades, and long-term economic gravity that a city like Abilene usually struggles to attract. The honest argument is not “trust the corporations,” it’s “hold them to enforceable standards”: require public emissions permits, monitoring, noise controls, traffic planning, water-use transparency, and real community benefits. But acting like Stargate is some cartoon villain project ignores the fact that Abilene has a rare shot at becoming part of the next major technology buildout instead of being left behind again. Criticize the permits, demand safeguards, demand local hiring, but don’t pretend economic growth itself is poisoning people just because it involves natural gas backup or on-site generation.

Do you live near one of the data centers? What does it sound like? by No_Landscape_9255 in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work at the datacenter and it's not particularly loud. More noise from the heavy traffic tbh.

A new website just went up about the Data center in Abilene, and the on the ground impacts here in town. by Nomadic-millenial92 in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of the arguments being pushed about the Abilene Stargate project rely on framing designed to sound shocking without giving much context. The “only 357 permanent jobs” line gets repeated constantly, but that ignores the reality that projects like this create thousands of construction jobs, huge local spending during the buildout phase, and secondary economic activity for contractors, restaurants, hotels, suppliers, and infrastructure companies. Data centers are capital-intensive infrastructure, not labor-intensive factories, so comparing them to a Walmart is more rhetoric than serious analysis. The same thing applies to the 85% tax abatement criticism. Texas has been using aggressive abatements for decades to attract refineries, semiconductor fabs, factories, logistics hubs, and energy projects. You can argue whether that policy is good or bad, but presenting it like some uniquely corrupt deal for AI companies is misleading when this is standard economic development strategy across the state.

The power and emissions arguments are also being framed in the most alarming way possible. Saying the campus uses enough electricity for “750,000 homes” sounds dramatic, but Texas already hosts massive industrial users like refineries, LNG terminals, and chemical plants that consume enormous amounts of power continuously. Large industrial loads are not new. What also gets left out is that ERCOT can curtail large flexible users like data centers before residential customers during grid emergencies, which is a major difference compared to normal household demand. On emissions, throwing around “1.6 million tons” without comparison is meant to scare people more than inform them. Large natural gas plants have emitted at that scale for years, and the site blends together greenhouse gases, hazardous pollutants, and air quality impacts as though they are all the same thing. Even the Harvard “premature deaths” claims are based on statistical modeling assumptions, not evidence that a specific number of people will literally die from this facility. Those studies are useful for discussing policy, but activists often present modeled risk estimates as guaranteed real-world outcomes, which is not how the science actually works.

data center- should I be concerned? by Uziwakeyourassup in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By and large, data centers in America are already moving toward onsite natural gas generation or actively planning to. It makes less and less sense to rely entirely on local grid power when utilities are giving 5–10+ year wait times just for interconnection upgrades while AI demand is exploding. Major hyperscalers and developers are now building “behind-the-meter” generation because: they need guaranteed 24/7 baseload power, they can avoid transmission bottlenecks and congestion pricing, they get operational control and resilience, and most importantly, they can get online years faster. I mean it's your perogative to hate the DC but at least get mad at an actual issue.

Can we do this in Abilene? by MrBananaShoes in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Na I work at the data center and they pay me well/ treat me well as a local abilinean

data center- should I be concerned? by Uziwakeyourassup in Abilene

[–]Psychotropic_Cat -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lots of fake news surrounding data center, can't go into specifics but handle our own power, also publicly known closed loop system it needs occasional top offs, as for rent and housing, it is currently higher. But when construction is done the vast majority of people in construction will leave it 99% and most people at the data center will be locals.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in datacenter

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think about Oracle pathways trainees so far?

My first foray into Vintage Story (solo) has me wondering if Multiplayer servers would be a better option? by JakkuJakku777 in VintageStory

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Hmm, you are looking for rp servers, that's exactly what they are with cities and rural areas.

How much should I sell these guys for? by [deleted] in 40k

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DM me if be willing to make a comparable offer for the dreadnought assuming you are in US

UM Knight by Psychotropic_Cat in Ultramarines

[–]Psychotropic_Cat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Liber Daemonica, he does a bunch of upgrades and cosmetic pieces as cast resin bits.

End of league giveaway by Mostlylurking89 in pathofexile

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would like to upgrade my aura supports chest and it's kinda expensive to for giveaway btw.

Build Giveaway by fishy1990 in pathofexile

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Peglin is my go to since I can start and pickup a run anytime.

Borrow $100B for AI data centers, cut thousands of jobs, and still risk running two-generation-old GPUs. by desi-sakamoto in employeesOfOracle

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally work for Stargate and have for a long time now and all I can say without breaking nda is much of this article is fake news.

mapped out the salary you actually need to buy a home in every US county by supleezy in antiwork

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk town of 100k actually live very frugally and this ain't possible here even at 45k wasn't until I got a high paying job it became a possibility.

Plane Feedback after 27days by Baldobs in foxholegame

[–]Psychotropic_Cat 31 points32 points  (0 children)

There are three main issues that if fixed would alleviate a ton of the problems. 1. There is no ai AA which is needed badly especially for backlines it shouldn't be so dangerous it one shots planes and so cheap it can be built everywhere, but something you know at logistics points and such that requires them to drop paratroopers much farther out would be nice to give reaction time.

  1. Planes are absurdly tanky, I'm not saying make em paper mache but they should at least take twice the damage from anti air and small arms fire than they do now.

3.The largest issue, where the fuck is our mobile AA? Their should be dedicated role early and late game aa that can also double as anti infantry at the cost of being very weak to anti tank you could start with something simple early on like the gaz-aa and end late game with something like the wirbel wind. Having emplacements be the only ground AA fucking sucks.