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Tucson Project Blue: data centres lie about water again (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 week ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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a flood of NDAs in the desert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdjYcnO8NY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260519-tucson-project-blue-data-centres-lie-about-water-again - podcast

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

as if they didn't put enough of a lie to it when they go to court to stop the details being released

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

well yeah, the "debunking" takes a very high level view that the "average citizen" in the US or wherever shouldn't care about data center water usage because "on average" the US has plenty of water. But if your local water rates are going through the roof because a DC is built next to your house, you're not average.

I realize water legislation in esp the Western states of the US is kinda fucked up but in the end growing food and basic hygeine is more important than generating spam, so I don't think these projects are gonna make it

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and in Arizona, even the Republicans care about the water

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

those golf greens aren't gonna be green otherwise!