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It doesn't come out a little hotter, it gets evaporated in cooling towers. Same result as any other water usage. Cooling towers can't use seawater either. Most
by traderj0e 6mo ago
It doesn't come out a little hotter, it gets evaporated in cooling towers. Same result as any other water usage. Cooling towers can't use seawater either. Most datacenters are in places where fresh water is abundant anyway, but some are not.
Anyway agricultural water usage is way worse in California.
- foobiekr 6mo agoAgriculture is used to grow _food_.
- anubistheta 6mo agoSome of it, but then some AI is used to cure cancer. But it doesn't have to happen in California.
- traderj0e 6mo agoDon't care. When I want food, the store makes me pay full price.