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Data center "mistakenly" used 30 million gallons of water
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this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
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Holy whataboutism, Batman! 🤦🏻
Let's say, for the sake of not getting bogged down, that it's an agreed upon fact that animal agriculture is wholly unnecessary.
That still doesn't make AI data centers necessary OR their monstrous misuse of increasingly scarce critical resources acceptable.
There is no whataboutism. You are reading something that isn't present. I agree data centers are bad, I am vegan, I believe that you are the ones missing the point by getting angry about datacenters but not doing all you can to actually make a difference. At no point was I defending datacenters, I'm saying that since you care about the water usage of datacenters you also have an obligation to go vegan and you should, immediately. You would do more to help the environment and the animals.