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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
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Anonymous 5w

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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Anonymous 5w

Water usage has basically always been unsustainable out west.

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Anonymous 5w

I have some family on the Ohio River that are getting a data center and they were told the water height is gonna recede, and then there’s gonna be a bunch of abandoned cars visible now cuz that’s where they put cars they didn’t want no more

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