Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 5 months agoAI Data Centers’ Water Consumption Breaks 264 Billion Gallons in 2025 as Devastating Drought Hits Nearly 63% of U.S.www.barchart.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1154cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.seusa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareM1nds3nd ( M1nds3nd@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWhy can’t they pull water from the Columbia river? The buildings are less than 100 yards from the water.
minus-squarefilcuk ( filcuk@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoClean water is needed, and i suppose they wouldn’t want to spend money cleaning it themselves, not sure.
minus-squareits_me_xiphos ( its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI thought that myself and honestly I don’t know.
Why can’t they pull water from the Columbia river? The buildings are less than 100 yards from the water.
Clean water is needed, and i suppose they wouldn’t want to spend money cleaning it themselves, not sure.
I thought that myself and honestly I don’t know.