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ok. well in memphis elon is using 5 million gallons a day of fresh aquifer drinking water and then dumping it in the mississippi river.
he told the city that he would build a water treatment plant for his own use to curb the waste of drinking water.
he then ‘paused’ the building of the plant (still in its plannning phase) and instead is building more computer warehouses for grok.
please do not use grok.
I don't know that story, but if the data center isn't built yet, that's just the normal water consumption that would be required for any building construction.
Building big buildings uses a lot of water. It's necessary for dust management, soil compaction, etc. They literally just spray it everywhere during construction and that's actually very important! LOL.
It always amuses me when I see people complaining about data centers that are still under construction using "millions of gallons" of water. I'm thinking, "yeah dude, that's how construction works."
They never complained about the construction water usage of all the other buildings in the area which make the "huge data center" look like a drop in the ocean for that kind of thing.
well setting your patronizing tone aside, it is not under construction. it’s the multiple colossus sites in memphis. elon has been running diesel turbines to power it for over a year.
and he’s using aquifer water to cool it.
maybe stop being an ass and read up on these things before correcting people who live next to this bullshit.