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Because water access is constrained geographically. You have to pipe it in if you use it all up. The US is seeing the worst spring drought on record: https://ti
by janice1999 5mo ago
Because water access is constrained geographically. You have to pipe it in if you use it all up. The US is seeing the worst spring drought on record: https://time.com/article/2026/05/10/drought-US-farmers-crops-climate-change/ https://time.com/article/2026/05/10/drought-US-farmers-crops...
- po1nt 5mo agoThat's not the fault of datacenters though. Not even a local heavy industry.
- everythingswan 5mo agoMy interpretation of their point was that more demand for water with a fixed supply of water will only make our water problems worse. Not that data centers are causing this problem on their own.