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		belter 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Residents cheer as Tucson rejects data center camp... > No groundwater for data centers! It's worst. They use tap water. "...For the purposes of cooling, data centres mainly use potable water (water that is safe to drink or use for cooking, free from harmful contaminants). .." - https://www.twobirds.com/en/insights/2025/cooling-the-cloud-...

jeffbee 6 days ago [–]

This particular data center was going to build a wastewater pipeline to cool their facility with currently-squandered wastewater.

mac-mc 6 days ago | [–]

I also wonder why this isn't the go-to if you want to work in water-stressed places. Become a water distillation plant at the same time, have a win-win solution.

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