Comment by doubttherich
5 months ago
Using national aggregated statistics for water is extremely misleading. And pretending one datacenter using 2% of a county's water supply isn't a huge deal demonstrates a complete disconnect from reality. Spin the numbers all you want, this is nuts.
Well that's why I cover things at the national, local, and personal level separately. I think if this were any other industry using 2% of a county's water you wouldn't have much of a reaction. In most countries only ~20% of the water is used by households, the rest goes to farms, industry, and commercial buildings