• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    21.2 billion litres of water

    fresh water

    Are we sure it’s fresh? Are we excluding projects like data centers with seaside cooling loops?

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      2 months ago

      Do you think if you exclude those it isn’t still a major fresh water wastage issue during a water crisis?

      Here’s where just Google’s data centers are. How many of do those do you think are cooled with sea water?

      Edit: Yes really. They have a DATA CENTER in LAS VEGAS.

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        1 month ago

        They have a few, and some heavily armed security in some of them as well. I had a tour of one when a company I worked for was looking for a secondary DC. Bulletproof glass, assault rifles, body scanners, and a few other nutty things. Those gambling establishments have to store their data somewhere.