Data Centers coming to El Paso have got a lot of folks upset for various reasons but, maybe, they don’t have to be here at all.<\/p>\n
More and more folks are jumping on the anti – data center band wagon. I’m not crazy about them myself but it looks like they could have a home near El Paso rather than in it. One of the nearby oil fields.<\/p>\n
There’s a list of reasons why peeps are against the data centers being built in and around El Paso<\/a>. No matter what side you’re on, you’ve got a decent argument but, maybe, there’s a better alternative outside\u00a0El Paso.<\/p>\n Why Oil Fields Are Bad For El Paso<\/p>\n I’m pretty much anti on these things, the biggest reasons being the enormous fuel and water consumption … we’re in the desert ‘ya know, it’s not like there’s an ocean nearby to draw from and Ascarate Lake sure isn’t going to feed it … and they’re really noisy.<\/p>\n Why Data Centers And Oil Fields Are A Good Combo<\/p>\n According to grist.org<\/a>, oil producers in the nearby Permian Basin have a surplus of natural gas, (a side effect of the drilling process), that has to be burned off or vented. That gas could be used to generate the power a data center needs according to energy and water use experts.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cIf you have a declining oil field and you had that big captive asset there, then plugging it in to run digital infrastructure instead makes a lot of sense.\u201d –\u00a0grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n Data Centers Are Loud<\/p>\n Not too many people live in oil fields or even around them and those that do probably won’t care about the noise<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere you stand on these things depends on where you sit,\u201d said Collins, who has studied the potential of Texas\u2019 enormous Permian Basin to support data centers. \u201cIf you\u2019re already out in the middle of an area that\u2019s seen heavy industrial activity for a long time, there\u2019s already a precedent, and folks there will probably find it easier to deal with.\u201d –\u00a0grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n Chevron Deal<\/p>\n Chevron has apparently already\u00a0made a deal to supply electricity<\/a>\u00a0to a major, west Texas data center.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Sneaky Power Grab For Santa Teresa Data Center?<\/a><\/p>\n What About Water?<\/p>\n That’s a BIG deal but, the problem may be solved. An article at\u00a0grist.org<\/a>\u00a0mentioned at least one “Closed Loop” system that uses very little water for cooling – just enough to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool. Not bad, especially since it takes it about a\u00a0decade to use that much.<\/p>\n The Great Job Con<\/p>\n A big selling point for the people that want to build these things is that they will create jobs. Apparently, according to grist.org<\/a>, that isn’t the case. They say these things actually create fewer jobs<\/a> than other industries.<\/p>\n These 10 Texas Cities Lead the State in UFO Sightings<\/p>\n From flashing lights to flying objects, these Texas cities lead the state in UFO reports.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Canva<\/p>\n Texas Leads With 6 of the Nation\u2019s Hottest Cities<\/p>\n Texas takes the heat with 6 cities landing in the top 10 hottest places in the U.S., according to the latest nationwide rankings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Data Centers coming to El Paso have got a lot of folks upset for various reasons but, maybe,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,143,223,41334,1632],"class_list":["post-356522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-local-el-paso","tag-news","tag-science-internet-tech","tag-texas-regional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}