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teklatoday at 5:52 PM3 repliesview on HN

You believe lies, 99% of data shows that data centers do not use appreciable amounts of water compared to almond farms, or gold courses, or bog standard lawns.

https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/data-centers-less-wa...


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konmoktoday at 6:02 PM

That source says data centers use a lot of water. Less than all almond farms combined, sure, but it doesn't support the parent argument. It's also 3 years out of date, and not relevant to protests against all the data centers that have not yet been completed.

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Silamothtoday at 6:11 PM

You say that like environmentalists support those things. We don’t. We regularly criticize golf courses as a waste of water and land. We regularly call out the water waste and ecosystem impact of manicured, uniform lawns.

tunesmithtoday at 6:00 PM

compared to almond farms? You phrase that as if almond farms use a reasonable amount of water.

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