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Comment by matt_kantor

2 days ago

TFA says:

> Per Lawrence Berkeley Lab[1], in 2023, data centers used around 48 million gallons of water a day directly for cooling. Most of this water will evaporate as part of the cooling process[2], and is thus consumed.

[1]: https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12...

[2]: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_w...

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