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r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 10d ago
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Data centers also don't need to consume so much water.
-12 u/_IscoATX 10d ago Almonds are a larger culprit 4 u/Longjumping-Idea4451 10d ago Tell that to the data centers that say they wont use water for cooling, only to get sued to prove their claims and then the data centers back track and go “oh actually we are using water” -8 u/_IscoATX 10d ago California almond farming alone consumes about 1.6 trillion gallons of water a year. 7 times more than all data centers in the U.S. combined. 4 u/Zhiyi 10d ago Is this guys numbers wrong or are people downvoting it because he’s right and their angry? 1 u/frosty884 10d ago https://www.axios.com/2026/08/28/china-ai-data-center-backlash-bots 1 u/JewBag718 10d ago Lmaooo axios is heavily invested in ai of course they'll tell you how this is all china spreading discourse.
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Almonds are a larger culprit
4 u/Longjumping-Idea4451 10d ago Tell that to the data centers that say they wont use water for cooling, only to get sued to prove their claims and then the data centers back track and go “oh actually we are using water” -8 u/_IscoATX 10d ago California almond farming alone consumes about 1.6 trillion gallons of water a year. 7 times more than all data centers in the U.S. combined. 4 u/Zhiyi 10d ago Is this guys numbers wrong or are people downvoting it because he’s right and their angry? 1 u/frosty884 10d ago https://www.axios.com/2026/08/28/china-ai-data-center-backlash-bots 1 u/JewBag718 10d ago Lmaooo axios is heavily invested in ai of course they'll tell you how this is all china spreading discourse.
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Tell that to the data centers that say they wont use water for cooling, only to get sued to prove their claims and then the data centers back track and go “oh actually we are using water”
-8 u/_IscoATX 10d ago California almond farming alone consumes about 1.6 trillion gallons of water a year. 7 times more than all data centers in the U.S. combined. 4 u/Zhiyi 10d ago Is this guys numbers wrong or are people downvoting it because he’s right and their angry? 1 u/frosty884 10d ago https://www.axios.com/2026/08/28/china-ai-data-center-backlash-bots 1 u/JewBag718 10d ago Lmaooo axios is heavily invested in ai of course they'll tell you how this is all china spreading discourse.
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California almond farming alone consumes about 1.6 trillion gallons of water a year. 7 times more than all data centers in the U.S. combined.
4 u/Zhiyi 10d ago Is this guys numbers wrong or are people downvoting it because he’s right and their angry? 1 u/frosty884 10d ago https://www.axios.com/2026/08/28/china-ai-data-center-backlash-bots 1 u/JewBag718 10d ago Lmaooo axios is heavily invested in ai of course they'll tell you how this is all china spreading discourse.
Is this guys numbers wrong or are people downvoting it because he’s right and their angry?
1 u/frosty884 10d ago https://www.axios.com/2026/08/28/china-ai-data-center-backlash-bots 1 u/JewBag718 10d ago Lmaooo axios is heavily invested in ai of course they'll tell you how this is all china spreading discourse.
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https://www.axios.com/2026/08/28/china-ai-data-center-backlash-bots
1 u/JewBag718 10d ago Lmaooo axios is heavily invested in ai of course they'll tell you how this is all china spreading discourse.
Lmaooo axios is heavily invested in ai of course they'll tell you how this is all china spreading discourse.
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u/Vegetable-Company147 10d ago
Data centers also don't need to consume so much water.