Trinidad gets tap water once a week, and it just signed a deal for AI data centre

Hector Luis Alamo on Instagram: “Trinidad gets tap water once a week, and it just signed a deal for AI data centers that could eat a third of its power grid. Two US firms, up to $5 billion + 5,000 promised jobs — and a plan to bolt roughly 450 megawatts of AI infrastructure onto a national grid whose all-time peak was 1,456. That’s a third of everything the country pulls at its hottest moment, going to two facilities, in a place where homes keep rooftop tanks because the faucet can run dry for days. The prime minister says the data centers “won’t drain water and power.” But the math has questions. This is the bit of the AI boom that few advertise: the compute has to live somewhere — and “somewhere” keeps being the places with cheap energy, thin regulation, and the least room to absorb the cost. Is this a good deal for Trinidad & Tobago, or is the AI industry just offshoring the bill for its big boom? 👇” 3,679 likes, 827 comments – hectorluisalamo on July 14, 2026: “Trinidad gets tap water once a week, and it just signed a deal for AI data centers that could eat a third of its power grid. Two US firms, up to $5 billion + 5,000 promised jobs — and a plan to bolt roughly 450 megawatts of AI infrastructure onto a national grid whose all-time peak was 1,456. That’s a third of everything the country pulls at its hottest moment, going to two facilities, in a place where homes keep rooftop tanks because the faucet can run dry for days. The prime minister says the data centers “won’t drain water and power.” But the math has questions. This is the bit of the AI boom that few advertise: the compute has to live somewhere — and “somewhere” keeps being the places with cheap energy, thin regulation, and the least room to absorb the cost. Is this a good deal for Trinidad & Tobago, or is the AI industry just offshoring the bill for its big boom? 👇”.

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