Entirely dependent on the specific datacenter and location. If this datacenter is doing high-volume open loop evaporative cooling in a drought-stricken area, that is pretty bad on the Chilean authorities for allowing it.

The fact that the Panama Canal uses ~2 billion(!) gallons of water a day never gets mentioned.

> This canard about AI and water usage really just isn't going to go away, is it?

What does canard mean in this context?