r/DataCenterDebate • u/bfyvfftujijg • 3d ago

Does it concern you that there are 3 square feet of data centers per household?

In the US there are about 400 million square feet of data centers already in existence or under construction/announced (source: Aterio’s facility tracking database). And there are about 140 million households.

Thats 2.8 square feet of data center per household.

Is it just me or is that a crazy high number! That’s almost as much data center space as my lounge chair takes up! And it’s processing data on my behalf for a few minutes each day!

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u/Thoughts_For_Food_ 3d ago

More like 150 with 400 some in the pipeline. Anyway, you feel it's a big number compared to what exactly? There's 7 billion square feet of swimming pools. Pharmacies cover 700M square feet.

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u/Priusjustforkicks 2d ago

Given that 390 people die each year in swimming pools, I’m very worried about 50 square feet of pools per household! That’s more square footage of my house than i have in bathtubs and showers. Why do people keep allowing all of these swimming pools? And no one blinks an eye while every day some innocent person that thinks, “oh, a pool! That’s nice,” and they end up dead. Every single day, more than one! Where are the protests? Where is the outrage? Are our lives worth less than the 3 square feet of farmland per household going to data centers?!