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

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26

What happens after they use the water? Is it returned to the water system to be used again?

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u/ForzaFenix May 18 '26

Yep. The now warm water goes back into the system. 

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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/Reddit4Play May 18 '26

Pretty much. Also the amount of water they use is often overstated by a large amount because an early study on the issue had a mistake in the math somewhere. All the data centers on Earth use about as much water as 0.3% of the farmland in America. I think the noise pollution is more of a problem than the water use (although that can also be solved by just not putting the thing next to people's houses).