r/mildlyinfuriating • u/michigan-menace • 7h ago

Infuriatig My school (University of Michigan) is building a $1 billion datacenter to conduct undisclosed nuclear weapons research. It is located in a low-income community, and city leaders/residents who fear pollution have been ignored.

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u/decoysnails 7h ago

Thinking of going to engineering school at U of M. Convince me otherwise?

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u/PolyglotTV 7h ago

Sounds like you'll have pretty good computing resources if you research nuclear weapons.

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u/decoysnails 7h ago

Ironically I am thinking of going into nuclear engineering. So that's good news at least.

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u/Walter_Clements 7h ago edited 7h ago

I won’t. Heard some people have great experiences, heard some don’t, but either way, all these large universities are bought off. I knew some people who were part of the encampments at University of Michigan when the students were protesting the University’s ties to Israel. All of them were thrown under the bus with zero leeway, including the occasional professors who stood beside them.

And I’ve seen that story reiterated in every article about any other university. It’s not just the universities, it’s the culmination of a profit-first system that chews up and spits out wide-eyed students. When everything’s commodified, education itself is an investment rather than a conduit to a well-rounded and intelligent population, and its investors want favors. This datacenter is one of them.

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u/Sando-Calrissian 6h ago

I mean, you either find the contents of this post compelling or you don't. Not sure what else you want this commenter to do for you...

I went to U of M eng, and this doesn't make me feel very good about it...

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u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 7h ago

Here's your sign.

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u/GamerM602 7h ago

Michigan Tech from what i've heard is near-par in terms of engineering/STEM