I Was Wrong About Data Center Water Consumption
(In lieu of a reading list this week, please enjoy this bonus essay about data center water consumption.)In my essay on water usage in the US, I noted that “you need to be careful when talking about water use: it’s very easy to take figures out of context, or make misleading comparisons.”I should have taken my own advice!In the portion of the essay about data center water consumption, I state that the annual indirect water usage of data centers (from their share of power plant water usage) was a...
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