▲ 505 ▼ Data centers consumed 264B gallons of water as drought hits nearly 63% of US (www.barchart.com) submitted 2 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1154831 Comments
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 child) How long until angry farmers attack a data center? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) For the record, we use several orders of magnitude more gallons of water keeping grass and golf courses alive. This is why I hate reports with large, absolute numbers. It sounds like a lot. It's really nothing. Hank Green video on the subject permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] el_muerte@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago Yeah and that's also bullshit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) For the record, we use several orders of magnitude more gallons of water keeping grass and golf courses alive. This is why I hate reports with large, absolute numbers. It sounds like a lot. It's really nothing. Hank Green video on the subject permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] el_muerte@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago Yeah and that's also bullshit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] el_muerte@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago Yeah and that's also bullshit permalink fedilink source parent