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Re:Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around t... by tptacek on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @11:38PM (#48304184)
Again: using more acreage makes golf courses worse.
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Re:Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around t... by tremon on Thursday May 28, 2026 @06:30AM (#48307038)
I'm not sure that follows from the GP's numbers. The average data center size seems to be around 120,000 sqft ~ 3 acre. That means data centers also occupy between 1 and 2.5 million acres of land.
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Re:Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around t... by culi on Friday May 29, 2026 @12:27AM (#48319038)
I don't understand what you're trying to say and I think you might be very confused. Data centers use more water per acre.

If we had the exact same number of acres of golf courses and data centers, data centers would use more water.

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Re:Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around t... by tptacek on Friday May 29, 2026 @12:49AM (#48319182)
That's the point: we won't have the same number of acres of golf courses and data centers. Golf courses intrinsically use more land.
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