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'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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She believes the construction of the centre, which is owned by Meta (the parent company of Facebook), disrupted her private well, causing an excessive build-up of sediment. Ms Morris now hauls water in buckets to flush her toilet.

She says she had to fix the plumbing in her kitchen to restore water pressure. But the water that comes of the tap still has residue in it.

"I'm afraid to drink the water, but I still cook with it, and brush my teeth with it," says Morris. "Am I worried about it? Yes."

Meta, however, says the two aren't connected.

Many centres use evaporative cooling systems, where water absorbs heat and evaporates - similar to how sweat wicks away heat from our bodies. On hot days, a single facility can use millions of gallons.

One study estimates that AI-driven data centres could consume 1.7 trillion gallons of water globally by 2027.

Still, the numbers add up. A single AI query - for example, a request to ChatGPT - can use about as much water as a small bottle you'd buy from the corner shop. Multiply that by billions of queries a day, and the scale becomes clear.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Faceberg dindu nuffin, peasant!

She needs to apologize tbh

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Serfs Up!