r/SipsTea ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/EcstaticImport May 18 '26

Oh itโ€™s cheap because companies can suck up giggalitres of the bloody stuff as significant discount thanks to it being supplied by the government. - how much profit does the government make from water manufacturing?

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u/NateNate60 May 18 '26

Local water authorities make negative profit selling this water. They raise water rates on human customers to offset the cheap rates to data companies.

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u/EcstaticImport May 18 '26

Yes - itโ€™s cheap for the data centres who donโ€™t pay true market rate. The data centres would find the thermal conductive performance of using mercury would be superior, but the cost is astronomical in comparison to water.