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PorciiVorbesc a day ago

> data center companies can install jet engine gas turbines to power their needs

Is there a source for this?

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verdverm a day ago | parent [-]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50310902

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/united-airlines-ceo-...

but generally loud gas turbines (don't have to have jet engine lineage)

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2026-04-2...

From the people I talk with, the data centers are not a problem in themselves. It is the irresponsibility around them that is the problem.

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PorciiVorbesc a day ago | parent [-]

That doesn't say they're gonna put airlines jet engines in datacenters just that the company will make gas turbines for the AI boom, and gas turbines for power generation are everywhere. Nuclear power plants also use turbines.

	▲	verdverm a day ago \| parent [-]
		ok... here's another, information is a search away "jet engine data center" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/old-polluting-jet-engi... Not all turbines operate the same. What are you trying to argue or advocate for here? The public has a lot of opposition, better to listen than to tell them they are wrong to feel the way they do