▲ 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
[–] spock@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (3 children) I think it's easy regulation, just require a zero-evaporation closed-loop design. I don't know why this isn't a federal requirement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago I’d be all for closed-loop data centers if I believed the people building them were building them for the advancement of humanity and best use of resources in mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* Because the regime in charge doesn't give a fuck about the environment. They don't care whether or not we have a drought, if we all drown in flood waters, or if we're dying in a heat wave. You're asking for regulation from the deregulation kings. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago The purpose of a system is what it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago I’d be all for closed-loop data centers if I believed the people building them were building them for the advancement of humanity and best use of resources in mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* Because the regime in charge doesn't give a fuck about the environment. They don't care whether or not we have a drought, if we all drown in flood waters, or if we're dying in a heat wave. You're asking for regulation from the deregulation kings. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago The purpose of a system is what it does. permalink fedilink source parent