I think outside of specific communities the AI water shortage is overblown
But we extremely subsidize water since it’s historically been 99% used for local members. Showers, pools, car washes, all help the locals
We also use water for other stuff, like drinking and growing food. And we WERE running out of freshwater just because of overuse even before AI started sucking up whatever it uses to feed into its data centers
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Anonymous30w
Water usage has basically always been unsustainable out west.