Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e...
by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:10PM
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> If you install a building of people in a road that is not prepared for that, all people down the people are in risk of lack of water.
Part of why construction of such buildings (starting with pursuing and getting a permit for it) takes as long as it does is because those issues are worked out in advance.
Nobody who is responsible for managing water is surprised by data centers appearing, it's not like they just grow overnight after a rain like people believe mushrooms do.
Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e...
by motbus3 on Monday October 05, 2026 @11:25AM
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I think that's true, but also is the corruption of allowing works going without enough preparation.
If I remember correctly there are a considerable number of cases where habitants said they would have increased price in their bills or some even saying that their supply will be cut short or completely.
And this is not even considering other problems such as noise, pollution, etc
Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e...
by bryzaguy on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:17PM
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This feels like an important point! People comparing to leaks (or other distributed examples that aggregate similarly) are not thinking about how the amount of water used in a single location changes the scale.
I think at some point someone used the argument of the spoon of water to say about the quantity, but I remember to see explanations that it was unrelated.