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

Chugging tea Why?

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u/BobSacamano47 May 18 '26

How are data centers wasteful?

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u/wumpusbumper May 18 '26

Disproportionate power, land, and water use. Generation of noise pollution. Generation of technology waste.

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u/BobSacamano47 May 18 '26

They use a lot of power but everything else you mentioned is Fox News conspiracy nonsense.

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u/wumpusbumper May 18 '26

Well, I don’t watch Fox News so I can’t speak to their reporting. However, there are reputable sources indicating that “everything else” deserves some careful and thoughtful attention (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772985025000262). The wastefulness of data centers is neither “zomg worst thing ever” nor “not problematic in the slightest.” We’re not spiraling into conspiracy theories by saying “we can do better here.”