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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by Eueudhsbsj32 on Sunday October 04, 2026 @11:25PM (#49960358)
In the US, there's currently about 300x more land used by cornfields than by data centers.

Does that seems unreasonable? We already grow more than enough food in this country and surely we're not getting 300x more value from the corn.

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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by olyjohn on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @03:55PM (#49983227)
You do get less efficiency from the gas you put in your car though.
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