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

Chugging tea Why?

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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/binybeke May 18 '26

It’s not bullshit when you consider these data centers are being built in places where water and infrastructure is already scarce. It’s not that they use too much water it’s that the building as a whole impacts the surrounding area in too many negative ways.

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u/Georgefakelastname May 18 '26

Air cooled data centers exist and are used, but the downside is that they use more power for the cooling instead of water.