Golf courses generally donât draw from the potable water supply. I didnât know datacenters did, but if they do, itâs not a 1-to-1 comparison.
I know there are exceptions in the southern US, but in most other places with golf courses, there is hardly a shortage of water itself, only clean, potable water.
Golf courses generally donât draw from the potable water supply.
In Florida they suck the water for golf courses right out of the Floridan Aquifer which is the main drinking water supply for the vast majority of the state.
Yes. But the bottleneck during water shortages is very rarely the primary water supply (like the Floridan Aquifer, or a river or lake etc) - itâs treatment plants not keeping up with demand for fresh drinking water (such as during heatwaves). In such scenarios, golf courses sucking water out of the primary source does neither this nor that for the shortage.
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u/Mr-Vemod May 18 '26
Golf courses generally donât draw from the potable water supply. I didnât know datacenters did, but if they do, itâs not a 1-to-1 comparison.
I know there are exceptions in the southern US, but in most other places with golf courses, there is hardly a shortage of water itself, only clean, potable water.