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2024-10-06 10:26:21 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 388E7CA00CF8E11E391D496FCCAC9A224C303BCF6BAAB1D6AF26B99F91485082
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NNN Linked source does not say no water is used up. Many data centres use cooling towers or other evaporative methods in cooling or electricity production, which means groundwater is removed and put into the water cycle like the post states. https://www.npr.org/2022/08/30/1119938708/data-centers-backbone-of-the-digital-economy-face-water-scarcity-and-climate-ris
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