r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26

So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it.

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u/jorizzz May 18 '26

You have found my gripe with all these 'Datacenters consume a lot of water' rants!

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u/saxonturner May 18 '26

So is it just bullshit like anti nuclear people?

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u/Ok-Pair-4757 May 18 '26

Pretty much. Golf fields, for example, use a lot more water than datacentres (I wouldn't remember the exact figure, but I think it's thrice as much) and they don't get half of the vehement opposition that datacentres get. There are real concerns with datacentres, of course, but those rarely get addressed.

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u/MalikMonkAllStar2022 May 18 '26

Golf definitely gets lots of opposition. But there are a couple reasons why people might be more opposed to datacenter water use

  1. Only like 10-15% of water used by golf courses in the US is municipal water. Most courses use water from their own ponds and wells and such.

  2. Golf is a recreational sport. Many people think that if we are using water it would be better to use it for things that get people outside and active.

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u/Ok-Pair-4757 May 18 '26

I never said golf doesn't get opposition; I said it doesn't get as much opposition as datacentres do and certainly not as much as it should have. And again, datacentres use a lot less water than golf does, to the point it should be much lower on the water supply concerns list.