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Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

356 points · 458 comments · sensanaty

  1. hinkley · · focus · HN ↗
    13.3 megagallons is 40 acre feet.

    If it was irrigation water, instead of drinking water, that would be about 26 acres worth of irrigated crops - in drought conditions.

    If they were bypassing the municipal water supply or using post-wastewater treated water for their water usage, I'd be more blase about the situation. But farms are much thirstier than people.

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