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This sounds like a lot, but it’s actually not very much. I mean, one singular almond requires 1,000 gallons of water. Beef requires shit ton, too.

Go vegan for a few weeks and you’ve just negated all your AI water use for the rest of your lifetime.

Consume it how, exactly? Are the staff drinking it all? Because the the kit sure as hell isn't. :-/

From the article:

> Approximately 80% of the water (typically freshwater) withdrawn by data centers evaporates, with the remaining water discharged to municipal wastewater facilities.

Is that supposed be a lot? That article states that all US data centers combined consume 450 million gallons a day, equivalent to 90 towns, which does not sound like very much.

I'm not the one here making assertions, I'm asking questions of the person making claims. I'll leave it to others to judge what is 'a lot' or 'reasonable'.

I don't think 'anyone who thinks X is Y' is a good basis for discussion, which is the real point.