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No one would give a shit about two hundred golf courses being constructed in Texas. Even with the massive data center build out, existing golf courses today us
by senordevnyc 27d ago
No one would give a shit about two hundred golf courses being constructed in Texas.
Even with the massive data center build out, existing golf courses today use more water than all projected data centers globally are expected to use in 2030.
The water issue is completely farcical.
- ndsipa_pomu 27d agoThe issue isn't so much about water usage, but water pollution. Golf courses don't usually make the tap water undrinkable.
- bloaf 27d agoGolf courses do pollute: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle... Also, the "pollution" from data centers is just "major construction project temporarily disrupts water table" not "facility is pumping random chemicals into the water". That is to say, nothing about next door neighbors to a major construction project getting mud out of their well for a little while is unique to datacenters.
- ndsipa_pomu 27d agoI think you misunderstand me. I did not say that golf courses are pollution free, but there is many degrees of magnitude difference between the mere possibility of illnesses becoming more common around golf courses and data centres that have to pay millions in fines as they are not following the rules. I feel like you're constructing straw men arguments here despite the very obvious polluting behaviour of datacentres.