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1. tptacek · 1791145040 · focus · HN ↗

   So, basically, not a meaningful amount of water at all. Credit to the story authors for taking the time to frame what 13MM gallons actually works out to.

   1. deckar01 · 1791145894 · focus · HN ↗

      Are you regularly filling Olympic sized pools and checking the water usage of an entire town in Nebraska? I would rather see this put into context by comparing it to other businesses normalized by power usage or square footage.

      1. dekhn · 1791147055 · focus · HN ↗

         Different state, but: almond trees growing in California consume 1 trillion gallons a year (estimated).

         So probably we could grow fewer almonds in California.

         1. dotancohen · 1791151574 · focus · HN ↗

            How do you get the California water to this datacenter?

            In other words, water scarcity is a distribution problem, not a globally finite resource problem.

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