floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoData centers consumed 264B gallons of water as drought hits nearly 63% of USwww.barchart.comexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoWe should start by removing tax incentives to build data centers in water stressed areas. It makes no sense to encourage building centers where the impact on water affects people.
We should start by removing tax incentives to build data centers in water stressed areas. It makes no sense to encourage building centers where the impact on water affects people.