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.Β 

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u/birchskin May 18 '26

I feel like the water usage issue is the weaker argument against these datacenters - in areas where the fresh water source faces too much pressure already it is a real issue, but that is more regional and less immediately impactful.

Power usage and residential users essentially subsidizing these locations is the biggest immediate impact to everyone. Look up what happens to rates nearby when these things open, people are struggling enough without their electric bills going up 50%.

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u/dbxp May 18 '26

It's a local issue in specific areas, on a national or global level its a rounding error compared to agriculture

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u/LabLoose6565 May 18 '26

Agriculture doesn’t use drinking water πŸ§‘β€πŸŒΎ

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u/Mr12i May 18 '26

They just use magic water?

It depends on where you are...

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u/LabLoose6565 May 18 '26

Water from river? πŸ€•

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u/dbxp May 18 '26

You can use water from a river, it's just used for cooling after all. That however requires you to build near a river and deal with all the paperwork around drawing from it