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Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

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  1. pavel_lishin · · focus · HN ↗
    > For context, 13 million gallons is enough to fill around 20 Olympic-size swimming pools, and is less than half of what the City of Lincoln reports using on Sept. 29.

    Over the course of a year, that doesn't sound terrible.

    1. tptacek · · focus · HN ↗
      It's not terrible at all. It's dwarfed by common municipal demands, let alone industry or agriculture. It's an amount of water that's basically not worth talking about.
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