Re:Show HN: I mapped every US golf course – 16k+ courses, fr...
by scotty79 on Sunday July 26, 2026 @05:53AM
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Golf courses in USA use half a trillion gallons of fresh water annually.
All data centers use less than 0.2 (of which only less than 0.02 is used for cooling the servers, the rest is just electricity generation, which can and should be replaced with solar).
There's no replacement for water usage for golf courses and even half a trillion number is after recent 30% reduction of usage from what it was before.
All data centers use less than 0.2 (of which only less than 0.02 is used for cooling the servers, the rest is just electricity generation, which can and should be replaced with solar).
There's no replacement for water usage for golf courses and even half a trillion number is after recent 30% reduction of usage from what it was before.