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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anybody ever driven out to northern VA to see all the data centers.

It’s eerie and creepy looking.

It’s sad they took all this beautiful land and destroyed it.

Now VA has a SERIOUS power problem.

The cost of power went up 25% in 2021. It’s only going up more.

AI required fast and hot computers that need water too cool it. There is going to be a water problem soon.  Right now the water use is unsustainable.

It doesn’t even provide jobs to the area.

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Virginia has some nuclear reactors with plans to expand.

Data centers consume less water compared to other sectors. They use about 3.3% of the water consumed by golf courses. So let's shut down the golf courses first.

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One data center (currently) uses 3x more water than 1 golf course. That is currently, with AI and high performance computing the water consumption is going to go up 4x by 2028.

Golf courses return water to the environment filtered so the water returned is cleaner than the water that enters. Data center don’t return water to the environment at all there is and 80% loss of local water.

Data center return methane gas to the environment, golf courses do not.

Both should be regulated to ensure neither hurt the environment.

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Are the data centers burning the water? It has to be returned to the environment. Methane gas? Hilarious. [/quote]

The data centers are not returning water to the environment as groundwater.[/quote]

In Northern Virginia, the water comes from the Potomac. The data centers return that water back to the Potomac. [/quote]

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