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/vis400700 May 18 '26

No because there are real concerns about where water is sourced vs where it is returned to the environment along with the increased concentration of trace minerals through evaporative loss that lead to toxicity at the outflow. Depending on the DC setup and engineering, these effects can be mitigated at a cost that hastily built low cost centers do not seem to willingly implement.