> There are plenty of documented problems with water usage of data centres. I would not be so sure, this article seems pretty comprehensive in questioning thes

> There are plenty of documented problems with water usage of data centres. I would not be so sure, this article seems pretty comprehensive in questioning these supposed problems: https://andymasley.com/writing/the-ai-water-issue-is-fake/ https://andymasley.com/writing/the-ai-water-issue-is-fake/ I agree that the growth of new data centers could be problematic in some areas especially as the infra build-out ramps up. But as many sibbling comments imply, that water can be put to much more economically valuable tasks in data centers than other, drastically more water-hungry uses like golf courses.