What if we made data centers erect solar panels and water catchment to POWER THEMSELVES???

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16. There is a data center being built in the next county

The solar farm that is being built in my county will take up approximately 3 square miles, all for one data center. Being that this is in the Midwest, that's three square miles of good farmland not producing crops, three square miles that wildlife, deer, foxes, birds, etc. won't be able to live on, three barren square miles of nothing but panels.

Don't get me wrong, I love solar, my wife and I will be integrating solar into the new house we're building. But concentrated solar panels is and will be a bane on our environment. Instead of having concentrated solar farms eating up good land, decentralize the power production onto roofs and other such places. Oh, and let's ditch the data centers along with that.