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Am I missing something? How data centers in US/EU evaporating water thousand of miles from Iran affect it? Does it disturb the rain cycle in Iran or something?

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The grandparent comment asserts that as data center roll-out continues, water scarcity becomes an even bigger issue globally.

The parent comment said DCs don't use water. This claim is easily proven to be incorrect.

But, correct, DCs outside Iran have little/no impact on the situation in Iran today.

If I asserted that datacentres dont consume clean water, then that would be incorrect, but I did not, I said water.

Water is evaporated and not consumed.

Also, I hope you apply same standard and scrutiny to the water impact of the food you consume.

Being overly pedantic doesn't help make your point.

And, yes, our food supply also has an impact on water availability in areas where food production occurs.

I am not being overly pedantic, I am merely pointing out the obvious fact that datacentres have +- 0 bearing on water problems in Iran, and even bringing them up in this conversation while ignoring corn or beef is ignorant at best and malicious at worst.

Iran will probably roll out data centres, as will other countries.

I wasn't speaking specifically US/EU.

A theocracy having that level of access to people's private info will be interesting.

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