[mattwiese]

That's true, the existing power infra (substation, etc) is big and would cost a pretty penny to build greenfield.

But the water is also right there and more than plentiful. In this case it pays to step back and look at the wider strategic value.

If anything, I want to inspire in people's minds a more thoughtful approach to locating techno-industrial infrastructure. To take a page from permaculture, we can work with the landscape instead of against it.

All that being said, I wish this was something other than a data center. Nuclear power, a second Micron plant, please anything but this!