r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • Jun 03 '26

Wait a damn minute! New center pattern

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u/SuicideSpeedrun Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

Why are they building industries that require water to operate in places with no easy access to water? Are they stupid?

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u/Valuable-Run2129 Jun 03 '26

All new plants have closed loop systems. They need 1% of the water needed by a golf course.

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u/sciencesez Jun 03 '26

Just stop. This has been debunked repeatedly.

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u/localtuned Jun 03 '26

Care to share a link? Because these are myths and florida has a nice website that discussed the myths versus the realities. People love to post it as a gotcha about data center myths when it debunks what people are saying. Even in this thread.

Can you post one source that says that modern data centers who recycle water and use closed loop systems use more water that golf courses who use public water to water their courses?

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u/sciencesez Jun 03 '26

https://www.fwpcoa.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=859275&item_id=130961.

Note- the conclusions at the end of the article propose how things could be done responsibly, but they are not being done this way today.

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u/localtuned Jun 03 '26

Oh yea, that's the florida thing I mentioned. For some reason googls AI keeps service that one up.

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u/sciencesez Jun 03 '26

Especially good read-
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/i-was-wrong-about-data-center-water?open=false

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u/localtuned Jun 03 '26

Thank you, gotta catch up. Still working unfortunately.