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verdverm • yesterday at 10:52 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

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 • yesterday at 10:56 PM

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.

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