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Am I missing something? How data centers in US/EU evaporating water thousand of miles from Iran affect it? Does it disturb the rain cycle in Iran or something?
by yonixw 9mo ago
Am I missing something? How data centers in US/EU evaporating water thousand of miles from Iran affect it? Does it disturb the rain cycle in Iran or something?
- alistairSH 9mo agoThe grandparent comment asserts that as data center roll-out continues, water scarcity becomes an even bigger issue globally. The parent comment said DCs don't use water. This claim is easily proven to be incorrect. But, correct, DCs outside Iran have little/no impact on the situation in Iran today.
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- neoromantique 9mo agoIf I asserted that datacentres dont consume clean water, then that would be incorrect, but I did not, I said water. Water is evaporated and not consumed. Also, I hope you apply same standard and scrutiny to the water impact of the food you consume.
- alistairSH 9mo agoBeing overly pedantic doesn't help make your point. And, yes, our food supply also has an impact on water availability in areas where food production occurs.
- neoromantique 9mo agoI am not being overly pedantic, I am merely pointing out the obvious fact that datacentres have +- 0 bearing on water problems in Iran, and even bringing them up in this conversation while ignoring corn or beef is ignorant at best and malicious at worst.
- nephihaha 9mo agoIran will probably roll out data centres, as will other countries. I wasn't speaking specifically US/EU. A theocracy having that level of access to people's private info will be interesting.