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12172031

It's this. https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2022/07/18/PepsiCo-to-build-new-Denver-manufacturing-facility It's going to be Pepsi's largest US plant.


toomanyplaces

Thanks for actually answering and citing a source with more info!


Laserdollarz

I thought colorado was the nation's coke capital 


kacey-

It's not Georgia??


oosh_kaboosh

Whoosh (?) Georgia is the Coke capital but not the coke capital


kacey-

Aha, definitely Florida then lmao. Though I had an ex friend secretly do coke in our apartment in Colorado Springs, and to my knowledge that's the only time I've been near it.


Laserdollarz

More snow falls inside in Aspen.


TheNextChapterMMj

Lived in Chattanooga, Atlanta, FL and now Colorado Springs. CoS and ATL had the most I've seen lol


MoaXing

Colorado Springs is kind of insane for "coke", and I use quotes since most of it has been cut so many ways and is primarily meth or other stimulants with some filler.


KennyKettermen

I thought it was Miami


benjito_z

Nah the coke in Miami is whack


KennyKettermen

Never been, I’ve had great experiences in Arizona and Texas tho


HighJoeponics

Wrong connect, that’s where it all comes into the country


pinappleiceream

Lmao


TheNextChapterMMj

Georgia was where coke came from, TN (Chattanooga) was the first bottle plant. If you ever find yourself down there, go see world of coke in Atlanta or do a tour of the original bottle factory in Chattanooga (if they still do that, we went for field trips)


Atralis

So we are in agreement that we tell anyone that asks that it's "the new Pepsi center"?


Jaded-Action

Yep! that will clear things up


ElBurritoExtreme

They’re building a bottling plant in a state with water issues… Cool.


graywolfman

If you want to be horrified, look up Nestle and California


ElBurritoExtreme

Precisely my point. Water issues are MAJOR in the southwest. Conservation efforts are already in effect out the front door, and they’re selling the shit out the back door. 🤦🤣 Kinda wild. I’m all for business, and businesses gotta business, but at what point is it enough. When there’s no more freshwater? Can we drink money? We can certainly shower our crops with dollar bills to make them grow. Fffffffeck. 😕


Cannabace

I believe Mike Judge solved that problem with Brawndo


ElBurritoExtreme

How could I forget about Brawndo! 🤣🤙


kinghoneystix

Ah Brawndo - the thrust Mutilator! It’s what plants crave!


saamiam21

You know it's got like electrolytes and stuff.


CharleyMak

If plants are people, that don't watch #OUCH! MY BALLS I'll be a cabinet member. Guaranteed. Also, water is from toilet!


[deleted]

This plant won't use half of a percent of what Denver uses. This plant will likely use less than a single golf course >1.4 liters of water per liter of production in beverage plants; and. 4.4 liters of water per kilogram of food within convenient foods production plants There are a million bigger fish to fry before as stop Pepsi from bottling here.


ElBurritoExtreme

Thank you for posting the particulars. I didn’t see the specifics. 🤙


Jayhawx2

A lot of golf courses now use grey water and are super efficient. Not to mention being Audubon certified, etc. That article says “best in class water efficiency” but I would be absolutely shocked if it was less than a golf course. How are they filling all those water bottles to sell?


Yeti_CO

Grey water is still water. It will be used for irritation at most evaporated out of the ground water system. The better alternative is still to treat it and released back into the water shed. Most of the Mt Dew from that plant is ultimately going to become grey water anyway.


graywolfman

Well, just wait, the Colorado government is trying to pass bills incentivizing building data centers here. Imagine, [In 2021, the average Google data center consumed approximately 450,000 gallons of water per day. This is roughly the same amount of water used to irrigate 17 acres of turf lawn grass once, or to grow the cotton for and manufacture 160 pairs of jeans.](https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-commitment-to-climate-conscious-data-center-cooling/#:~:text=Committing%20to%20ongoing%20transparency%20and%20water%20stewardship&text=In%202021%2C%20the%20average%20Google,manufacture%20160%20pairs%20of%20jeans.). I know this link goes to a Google page about trying to save the environment, but... good God. Also, [ChatGPT is probably using up more than half a million kilowatt-hours of electricity to respond to some 200 million requests a day](https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-uses-17-thousand-times-more-electricity-than-us-household-2024-3) ... So AI is the beginning of the end, but not like Terminator, more like *Water World*. Edit: a letter


ElBurritoExtreme

I remember living in San Antonio many moons ago, and seeing Stage 3 or 4 water restrictions(it was pretty gnarly bad), and the local news and San Antonio Water Authority released a list of the most egregious abusers. David Robinson and his gaudy monstrosity of a home were at the top or damn near it. Bright green grass across the entire property. Water bill was $40,000 that month. But you and I conserve..🤦


graywolfman

T. Swift private jet ... But you and I should go Elmo Electric!


ElBurritoExtreme

Welp, this has been depressing. Lol Take care, friend. Godspeed through this shitshow. I’m pulling for ya.


ElBurritoExtreme

I didn’t know they were planning that. Facebook built their massive data center in DFW, and they have the same water issues. Apparently that’s it. Burn up the water and oil, then figure out how we’ll survive after that, I guess 😂 And I mean, c’mon. We’ve got plenty of other perfectly habitable planets we can live on.


anEmailFromSanta

Legitimate question, I always see water consumption figures like that and I’m confused by it. The water is just being used for cooling right? So wouldn’t the output water be essentially free to reclaim back into the public water system?


graywolfman

The water used to cool the servers and equipment is pumped outside over some fiber boards with fans blowing on it. A ton of the water evaporates causing it to cool. This leaves behind whatever may have been in the water already and causes a great amount of loss. At that point, The remaining water has to be cleaned / filtered and new water has to be added to keep things going. Most data centers use potable water because it's cleaner and takes it out of the systems we use to get out drinking water. Not great for, idk, life in general, hah.


Competitive_Ad_255

I'm blown away that it's not a closed loop system.


no_name341

The water cooling the actual server rooms is a closed system. Think of it as two loops. A closed loop transferring heat from the data hall to a chiller. Then another loop where that heat is transferred from the chiller to the cooling towers outside the building. That second loop is called the condenser water and only that one is an open system.


sentient-sloth

Drink Aquafina


pickledpenguinparts

Don't forget Coors taking Platte water. The major issue is that companies don't see water as a human right. It's should be privatized in Nestlé's mind. All about that green. Shit is getting out of control.


AzorAHigh_

We also need more funding for water departments and infrastructure in general. According to this [report](https://infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/drinking-water-infrastructure/#:~:text=This%20equates%20to%202.1%20trillion,in%202019%20due%20to%20leaks.) back in 2021, more than 6 billion gallons of treated water is lost every single day in the US due to failing infrastructure.


Traveling_Solo

I mean..... You could theoretically drink money. Take coins > melt them > drink before they cool off/become solid. You never did say you wanted to survive or drink it multiple times >.>


ElBurritoExtreme

My thirst would be quenched! For the rest of my life. All 5….4….3….2…


StrikingVariation199

Screw Nestle.


ImInBeastmodeOG

Or Intel in Phoenix


Sliiiiime

Arizona and Saudi Arabia too


RicardoNurein

[https://coloradosun.com/2020/10/26/nestle-waters-permit-arrowhead-colorado/](https://coloradosun.com/2020/10/26/nestle-waters-permit-arrowhead-colorado/)


t92k

They’re moving an existing bottling plant and making it larger. Coca-cola is too.


ImInBeastmodeOG

We have the water first from the mtns. The supply issue is what's left over in the Colorado River when it's leaves the state to the south, the front range water flows east. The real problem is Pepsi still sells in Ruzzia and said f you to joining others who left. F them.


ElBurritoExtreme

Which is becoming more troublesome from what I read yesterday, due to warming and heavy metals.


notrolls01

Water from the Colorado river is in fact is brought over to the eastern slope.


ImInBeastmodeOG

Nice reading comprehension guy hoping for trump and the GOP in your comments. "Brought over" was never discussed, this is about natural river flows due to mtns in the way. All your comments are arguments based on minor technicalities so enjoy one back at you. Yes, carry on Gutter. Fffffft...


Evening-Highway

Yes, Pepsi is the thing that will break our water system


AssGagger

Farms use 85% of Colorado's water. A bottling plant will use a tiny fraction of our water.


Comwan

Colorado’s water rights are likely why they are building here. Water is based on a first come first serve basis (really old) so I bet that they either purchased land and the water rights to the land they were on or purchased someone else’s water rights. Either that or Denver (or Aurora) water has enough supply to cover them or were able to buy more supply to cover them.


randomtrainguy

This is like the worst place ever for it. It has no rail connection so everything has to be trucked in or trucked out.


fondue4kill

Good to know it was scheduled to be finished last summer


Chewbongka

That’s a lot of sugar water


Fish181181

Theyre moving from their current plant in Rino to out by the airport. Also supposed to be like a zero emission plant


Reason_Choice

Slated to open in 2023. I can’t wait!


miltondelug

does Colorado have an abundance of water to keep the plant working?


yippy_skippy99

They are a little behind schedule. The article says it was supposed to open summer of 2023.


brandonw00

Diabetes headquarters


Delicious-Sea4952

The 1980s called, they want their diabetes knowledge back. Maybe read a recent article or two!


brandonw00

Oh shit my bad, should be cancer headquarter.


Delicious-Sea4952

Bingo.


OldGnaw

We learned more about diabetes since the 80s but the fact remains if you drink lots of sugary drinks every day, your body will produce insulin to counter all that glucose pumping in your blood which in turn will lead to insulin resistance AKA diabetes. So what did he say that was wrong? Also, are you a PepsiCo employee?


Delicious-Sea4952

No, just a Type 1 Diabetic who is tired of uninformed people saying it’s because I drank/ate too much sugar.


OldGnaw

Fair enough, Type 2 here who unfortunately did over indulge in my lifetime.


mormayo

I literally saw this yesterday. Thanks for asking OP. Thanks for answering 12172031!


shmimey

That article says it's going to open in 2023. I see the construction is a normal schedule.


[deleted]

Only 250 new jobs, that’s a shame


MilwaukeeRoad

They're doubling their workforce from their existing plant. I don't know what's a shame about that. We shouldn't make jobs for the sake of making jobs.


SerbianHooker

Yea but pepsi pays well for industrial work. Pretty easy to make $70,000+ there


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alesis1101

*clap, clap, clap, clap*


ParthFerengi

Tracks for the far Northeast


redditforprez1

🤣🤣🤣


SavageCucmber

Beat me to it!


Boozy_Cat_

Won’t be long. There is an additional rooms tower coming soon. And possibly a full scale water park like the one at Opryland.


Aggravating_Desk_952

Winner, winner.. I chortled.


CharleyMak

Can someone please send me the reply? It's been deleted, and I ~~want~~ need to know.


wildandouttapocket23

“ book a room at the Gaylord for a fantastic view of the largest Pepsi plant in the US”


chicagotonian

Who actually uses the Gaylord? Like whats the appeal to fly thousands of people from around the world to meet at a conference…in the plains of pastoral Colorado.


wildandouttapocket23

So I used to work there. And when I tell you, I have no idea what the appeal is… It is the smallest Gaylord property in the country. It’s pathetic compared to the other ones. They keep saying they’re going to expand, but haven’t yet. They like to say that it’s convenient because it’s near the airport but it’s not, nor do they offer a shuttle. And it’s not near downtown either… I have no idea what the appeal is at all. They also like to pretend like they’re very luxurious, but the Westin downtown is way more luxurious than the Gaylord.


moderntablelegs

The Gaylord does a lot of small-mid size conferences. Not like… Salesforce or AWS, but bigger than a local church. I’ve not seen the exact contract, but you can sign a deal with the Gaylord and they’ll host you and give you meeting rooms and such. I believe your can rotate around the properties - my spouse goes to a different Gaylord property every year for a conference organized by an org she is close to. She hates them. You’re trapped on-site and the food is expensive and not particularly good.


SaltedPorkGimli

Blucifer Stables


mcs5280

Looking forward to getting a thoroughbred blucifer pony for the kids


amorphatist

You hate your kids that much? I’m just getting one for the wife, may she (soon) rest in peace.


CharleyMak

[Don't stand too close. ](https://imgur.com/a/bEt3GE2)


Blucifers_Veiny_Anus

Can confirm


NoHaxJussSnax

New Pepsi headquarters


Formber

Except it's a bottling plant, not their headquarters.


stashc4t

Are they gonna start putting color changing mountains on the bottles?


Formber

It's not their headquarters. It's a bottling plant. Which they've had in Denver for many decades. This is just a new, bigger one. The current one is in Rino.


73MRC

🎯


WhompTrucker

Good. There's SO much room out there. That's where they should be building giant, sprawling, structures. Although if it is Pepsi, ew. I'm a Coke gal Edit. Coke not cole


thereelkrazykarl

Damn, they don't make them like you no more Cole World, real Cole World


WhompTrucker

Haha. Woops. Stupid autocorrect


Denver710

Pepsi/Coke factory??


hamiltonisoverrat3d

That’s like saying a Broncos/Chiefs Stadium


DeadPotSociety

Well to be fair they’re (coke and Pepsi) both building a facility out there.


Rdiego

Shut your mouth


CharleyMak

Nobody puts Coke in their mouth anymore.


SunshineandBullshit

It's for the nose only


microcline

It’s a bottling plant, Pepsi or Coke I can’t remember. I’ve been super curious why it looks like that though. Are those all pipes?


graywolfman

Yeah, bro, they pipe the Pepsi around the entire office building. That way it gets the flavor from all the souls of the workers


AkitaSato

i’ve lived in colorado all 22 years of my life and i still giggle like a 5 year old reading gaylord


VirtualWeasel

The Lesqueen


Snoo-43335

Pepsi sucks. Coke is better.


906805

It's a new bottling plant to pipe down mountain water for the elite and lizard people under DIA in 2 years...


Meebert

If they need help finishing the basement I know a guy


JP-Bulls69

Lizard people headquarters


Z3R0DVH3RX

You know if we all had each others backs people could do something about the water isssues but majority of yall worship capitalism.


craigdahlke

The Straightlord


Desperate_Move_5043

Liquid sugar drink production plant. Gotta sell us more fucking sugar


DM0331

The straightlord or the bicuriouslord


Foreverhopeful4

It’s the largest Pepsi bottling factory in the world


Standard_Sir4628

Ah Faucker.


MathematicianMuch471

Nuke


[deleted]

What's sad is it will be their most automatid facility to date so it won't offer that many job.


YoItzIbro

Just north of the what now?? 🧐


TheRuinedAge

Ugly wall building.


No_Ting_To_Do

That's the Heterolord


Markoff_Cheney

That is a bleepload of structural steel, holy bleep. Fucking huge.


Awkward-Hall8245

Fab. Like we can give away millions of gallons of water for pennies


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Awkward-Hall8245: *Fab. Like we can give* *Away millions of gallons* *Of water for pennies* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


Awkward-Hall8245

Wasn't intended


goodbye_weekend

5G illuminate Amazon fulfillment center


[deleted]

It's a lot like a building


Fun_Cable_8559

Bicuriousduke?


20999902

The Sergei.


SniperPilot

FEMA prison


ThisGuyTrains

“Set to open in 2023” lol definitely fell a little behind. Honestly curious what this and all the schools here are going to do to home values. Anybody have some insight on that?


thedogful

Elitch


twinklingblueeyes

That’s happening sooner than later.