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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by Aloisius on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:50PM (#46280436)
All the golf courses where I live use grey water - water that would otherwise be dumped into oceans/estuaries/rivers/etc.

That's not really not comparable to data centers using potable water.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by jeffbee on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:19PM (#46280817)
Even the golf course trade association only claims 10% grey water use.

Also, you're going to be shocked, data centers can cool with grey water as well. The now-cancelled Project Blue data center near Tucson was going to build and operate a wastewater pipeline and treatment plant and give it to the city, but the shouting NIMBYs prevailed anyway. The developer now intends to use air-to-air cooling, which costs more energy.

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