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What experts have said about Data-center water consumption
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Media estimates of data-center water use are overstated by roughly 100,000-fold.
“they're off by, I think, a factor of 100,000 in the amount of water a data center uses”
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The claim that data centers consume excessive water is false.
“a big part of the anti data center push is that data centers consume all this water, which is just flatly untrue. It's just like a complete myth.”
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