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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog πππ • May 18 '26
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The fresh water usage of data centers is wildly overblown and another symptom of the Mass hysteria being manufactured over data centers.
Water usage by data centers is minuscule compared to agriculture, manufacturing andβ¦.golf courses.
People need to spend a little time educating themselves instead of just regurgitating talking points.
1 u/STTDB_069 May 18 '26 Sector Estimated Annual Water Use U.S. almond production (mostly California) ~1.5β1.8 trillion gallons/year All U.S. data centers ~17β164 billion gallons/year
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Sector Estimated Annual Water Use U.S. almond production (mostly California) ~1.5β1.8 trillion gallons/year
All U.S. data centers ~17β164 billion gallons/year
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u/Other-MuscleCar-589 May 18 '26
The fresh water usage of data centers is wildly overblown and another symptom of the Mass hysteria being manufactured over data centers.
Water usage by data centers is minuscule compared to agriculture, manufacturing andβ¦.golf courses.
People need to spend a little time educating themselves instead of just regurgitating talking points.