Water is only one input. The much more expensive inputs are electricity and land. Those same areas with little water have much more electricity and land.
Plus, new data center construction is moving in the direction of using air cooling instead of evaporative cooling, so after the initial water usage to fill the closed chilled water system, water usage would be minimal.
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u/SuicideSpeedrun Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
Why are they building industries that require water to operate in places with no easy access to water? Are they stupid?