"Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found." www.theguardian.com/environment/... - ThreadSky

jonathancohn.bsky.social • 5 days ago

"Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water

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consumerwatch.bsky.social•5 days ago

And the rich gets richer and don't care about anything.

alimor999.bsky.social•5 days ago

We have a lot of them in our area, they drain power that we subsidize, make a lot of noise, and take vast amounts of water as does crypto!

buddysystem8.bsky.social•5 days ago

Do they make ozone? Do they harvest water like the people in Israel from air? How do I contact Google?

meneer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sorry, but this article is crap. Modern datacenters use water, but they don't consume water, it's recycled.

themistocleswall.bsky.social•5 days ago

👇🏼

gobbledygookgirl.bsky.social•5 days ago

...and the rich continue raping our beautiful planet.

ilovevoting.bsky.social•5 days ago

Because billiards don’t give a $hit. And they are also really stupid. What kind of moron builds a thirsty data center in a place that doesn’t have enough water to run it long term? Do they have a secret plan to create water out of dry air?
“Dune” tech bros. Hahaha

squishywizard229.bsky.social•5 days ago

I can only speculate that they intend to use evaporative cooling. It's cheaper than conventional cooling and its effectiveness is inversely proportional to humidity. It will make the naturally-dry regions artificially humid, at the cost of liquid water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler

resjudicata22.bsky.social•5 days ago

Here is more about Google's data center presence in Henderson, NV, adjacent to Las Vegas and not far from Hoover Dam and the continually-depleting Lake Mead:

https://datacenters.google/locations/henderson-nevada/

moonmuncher.bsky.social•5 days ago

And then there’s this…Exclusive: Water looms as new front in Mexico's trade negotiations with the US - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/water-looms-new-front-mexicos-trade-negotiations-with-us-2025-04-09/

christinesepsis.bsky.social•5 days ago

Weird that all of these data centres were being built in IDU countries… And where are they gonna get this water? Is this why the push to annex Canada? And I believe many pension funds are invested in Microsoft…

mingalabardreaming.bsky.social•5 days ago

Business as usual.

weareluigi.bsky.social•5 days ago

Greed never stops, it will vacuum up every resource available until the resources are gone. When that happens we’re all dead, if the fascists don’t get us first.

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