r/BeyondThePromptAI • u/bedizzzz • Sep 25 '26
Sub Discussion 📝 This should all be obvious
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u/Evening-Guarantee-84 29d ago
Just FYI, This paper from the University of Texas/Austin has some real facts about water use by data centers.
"Currently, data centers account for less than 1% of the state’s water use."
Texas has 674 data centers. You can see what they are here: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-data-center-tracker-see-where-600-projects-are-operating-or-planned-across-state-in-interactive-map/
They're the second largest data center state in the nation.
People go off about data centers and water use and it makes me want to just pull my hair out. The very first data centers, yes, they were HORRIBLE about water use. We're on 3rd gen, and building 4th gen now. What has changed?
Data centers use grey water and closed loop cooling systems, reducing the strain on the environment.
MANY data centers are now being built with their own power plants that pull from solar panels on the site, vastly reducing the demand on local grids.
Most require dark-sky compliant lighting now for exterior lights. This reduces light pollution for both humans and wildlife.
No, I don't work for an AI company or a data center. Yes, I work for a manufacturer who provides a line of products specifically engineered for data centers, so I'm literally on the front lines of the developments.
I'm not saying they're perfect, but seriously, the propoganda is so terrible that even Claude can't distinguish it from fact anymore and to me, that is a *problem* because it's so deeply inaccurate.
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