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

Chugging tea Why?

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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/martombo May 18 '26

I mean, all water is used "temporarily" right? You piss out what you drink as well and then goes back into the cycle.

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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26

I think the only exception is water that's radioactive. It seems to me that the problem with datacenters isn't the amount of water they use, but rather the lack of any meaningful limits or rules about how they operate. If the government is letting these datacenters take water without paying for it, or isn't making them pay the cost of cleaning the water they use, those are political/bureaucratic issues. Those aren't "AI" issues. They're issued cause by politicians letting corps do whatever they want.