A cryptocurrency mining company wants to build a massive data center complex near the Geis property in Shalersville. An open house at 3 p.m. today invites the public to learn more.
Portage County commissioners and State Rep. Heidi Workman will be in attendance at an open house about the proposed data center from noon to 3 p.m. today.
The open...
Read moreThe Company’s website reads well; suggests that there are absolutely no known or potential negative issues with this project being built or its future expansions.
That in itself is a massive red flag. As my old man used to say, no such thing as a free lunch, and this place presents itself not only as a free lunch, but lunch aplenty, and forever so. Sounds a bit biblical.
Anyone recall the old show Lost in Space? https://youtu.be/RG0ochx16Dg?si=kQARmi059BhnMmZo
I found it interesting that the representative from Bitdeer said that the daily water usage was 375 gallons. About the same as a household uses. I went back through my water bills and calculated our household usage per day. I came up with usage that was less than 90 gallons a day. I don’t where he got his figures but they are way off target. As the saying goes “his math isn’t mathing”! Who are they trying to fool?
I understand the need for data centers. In my opinion they need to pay for improvement in our electrical grid. They need to generate most of their own electrical needs through solar or wind energy. They also need a good water filtration system to eliminate all pollution problems they might cause.
We do our research to understand the issues and don’t let ourselves be bamboozled by fast talking representative who push false rhetoric.