@chris__martin@functional.cafe
Post #2439852
2026-05-12 06:28 UTC
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/georgia-data-center-used-29-million-gallons-of-water Really drives me nuts that people keep sharing this article based on the headline and it's not til halfway down you find out it's just that construction, pouring concrete, etc uses a lot of water
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@chris__martin@functional.cafe 2026-05-12 06:40
It's starting to seem like water use is a bogeyman perpetuated by the hyperscaling industry itself so that in a few years when these things come online and people finally notice they're closed loop cooling systems, they'll be able to use "improvements in water use" to distract from the power and land use