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A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure (www.politico.com)

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The neighbors of a data center in Georgia are steaming after they discovered the facility had sucked up nearly 30 million gallons of water — without initially paying for it.

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[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 week ago

Le sigh.

Large data centers can consume up to 5 million gallons per day, equivalent to the water use of a town populated by 10,000 to 50,000 people. -source

this post was submitted on 10 May 2026

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