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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Still less water used thsn a small farm lol.

I think something like 97% of our fresh water supply goes into agriculture.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    In the US it's definetely not true.
    https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/water/us-water-supply-and-distribution-factsheet
    https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water
    Pre-datacenters numbers are ~35% irrigation, ~45% thermoelectric power plant cooling, 12% residential, 5% industry, and then other usages.
    I don't know how much datacenters changed this equation.

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