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briandwtoday at 12:57 AM1 replyview on HN

It's a response to the FUD that is water usage in data centers. Data centers don't use a meaningful amount of water when compared to just about any other industrial application, or many recreational ones. Data centers used about 66 billion liters 2023. source: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/32d6m0d1 Golf courses used 2 trillion liters in 2020. We won't even bring up almond production.


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emsigntoday at 1:38 AM

The issue is though data centers are being built in areas with scarce water resources and they get prioritized. They still use a lot of water.