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flashman13

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35. Fa geta bout it! This is only possible when you have government oversight and an educated populace.

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 04:04 PM

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We have neither. Obviously the Finns thought this through before they issued permits. In Amerika we only think about how quick we can turn a quick buck.

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Bet ya Trump will make this illegal: it makes too much sense [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP

Interesting but I doubt it will happen here only because it sounds expensive newdeal2 Yesterday #1

If it adds a nickel of cost to the opium dreams of AI developers, it will never happen. hatrack Yesterday #2

Excellent true words! chouchou Yesterday #19

And if it additionally drmeow 19 hrs ago #40

NIMBY modrepub Yesterday #8

Unless they charge users for the heat and/or energy Auggie Yesterday #13

Here in the AZ borderlands, where people face drilling deeper well to reach lowering, disappearing water table Attilatheblond Yesterday #22

Finland has a centralized network of underground pipes to distribute steam (geothermal).... pat_k 18 hrs ago #41

Finland's underlying granite is home to lots of infrastructure. thought crime 17 hrs ago #46

Yeah, it makes way too much sense. sop Yesterday #3

Never work in the USA - it it's not making a profit it is dead on arrival. walkingman Yesterday #4

Yeah. This would save on heating costs. Trump only applegrove Yesterday #6

BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #9

What about all the data centers in the South? Ursus Rex Yesterday #5

An argument for moving data centers to Alaska or more densely populated cold places in the "snowbelt." pat_k 18 hrs ago #42

This is a nice thing OnionPatch Yesterday #7

Please explain how that helps the fossil fuel industry. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #10

Are you talking to me? It doesn't help the fossil fuel industry. applegrove Yesterday #11

I was being sarcastic. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #12

Sorry. I get it now. I didn't think you were a troll applegrove Yesterday #14

I was being sarcastic again. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #17

LOL! applegrove Yesterday #18

Well, I for one knew where you were coming from in the first few words. Cheers! erronis Yesterday #16

It takes huge amounts of Electricity popsdenver 22 hrs ago #37

Of course it helps the fossil fuel industry... NewLarry Yesterday #26

Rec jfz9580m 18 hrs ago #45

And when they finally figure out the data centers are worthless and shut them down? erronis Yesterday #15

Putting them underground also helps with noise and space constraints IronLionZion Yesterday #20

Thank You Or Posting This! Rendville Yesterday #21

Trump would have his peons bomb the place. twodogsbarking Yesterday #23

Finland and Iceland are already positioned to take advantage of this kind of technology... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #24

Yeah, he'll call them underground wind mills or some such shit. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #25

I don't know. Sounds kind of "woke" to me. If it's not coal, Trump isn't interested. Vinca Yesterday #27

Acushnet Process Company, which started making Titleist golf balls, used to heat the building in the winter from...... usaf-vet Yesterday #28

Yes computers were huge back in the day. applegrove Yesterday #29

WWBOD? - What Would Big Oil Do? JoseBalow Yesterday #30

Good one! calimary 13 hrs ago #47

Inefficient use of a wasteful process's leftovers. marble falls Yesterday #31

Inefficient use is better than no use at all. Shipwack Yesterday #34

Trump doesn't have to make this illegal. In most of the country we can't do this at all. jmowreader Yesterday #32

Reminds me of the Minnesota Supercomputer Center GopherGal Yesterday #33

Fa geta bout it! This is only possible when you have government oversight and an educated populace. flashman13 Yesterday #35

Silly me popsdenver 22 hrs ago #36

Considering that the U.S. is 29 times the size of Finland, I'm pretty sure this is a problem of scale, and not ancianita 20 hrs ago #38

If would probably. work in large cities if there were still large tenements. LiberalArkie 20 hrs ago #39

District heat networks? In America you pay to have your data-center heat delivered in a truck. paulkienitz 18 hrs ago #43

Given the places it would make sense, seems to me it's a great "blue state" (subset: snowbelt) initiative. pat_k 18 hrs ago #44