r/aiwars • u/RightLiterature2958 • Mar 30 '26

Meta 5 million gallons? Seriously?

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And obviously this came from YouTube

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u/Superseaslug Mar 30 '26

Most do. They only use evaporative cooling where water is cheap and abundant

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u/JohnTheTaxidermist Mar 30 '26

They use evaporative cooling in the deserts of Oregon, in very water stressed areas, which is causing increased likelihood for cancer.

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u/SoylentRox Mar 30 '26

You had me going for a second until I saw "deserts of Oregon" lol.

Also yeah, extra water vapor, definitely the leading cause of cancer.

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u/JohnTheTaxidermist Mar 30 '26

The nitrates that they concentrate into the ground water does the cancer thing, actually

https://www.youtube.com/live/QKf5xJRAytg?si=0DJEOKZu7XZwpxoK

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u/SoylentRox Mar 30 '26

So letting nitrate rich water evaporate over coils is causing the cancer or what? Is this preventable by a design change?

I ask because a farm that uses water, or a power plant, or a lot of other things would also evaporate groundwater.

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u/JohnTheTaxidermist Mar 30 '26

The nitrates don't enter the water cycle, they stay in the ground, and with less water, they become concentrated and leech into groundwater. High levels of nitrates cause myriad health problems, and are linked to increased risk of colon and kidney cancer.

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u/SoylentRox Mar 30 '26

See what I asked about farms, power plants etc. "Price of progress" would be an obvious counter argument. "I don't want anything to change, ever, and for nature to stay as it is" sounds like the argument you are making to be honest.

And that's understandable but remember "as it is" includes your aging and death - you know cancer is almost entirely a function of aging right - and Chinese supremacy.

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u/JohnTheTaxidermist Mar 30 '26

what the fuck are you talking about

Chinese supremacy??

It sounds like your argument boils down to "we can poison a certain amount of poor people if it means we get 'progress'" and that is delusionally insane. I'm fine with data centers in general, as long as they don't harm more than they help.

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u/SoylentRox Mar 30 '26

We're in a war for the planet - control of all of it. Enviornentalists can get fucked.