from Hacker News

Big tech's new datacentres will take water from the driest areas

by billybuckwheat on 4/27/25, 2:29 AM with 3 comments

  • by sigwinch on 4/27/25, 3:46 AM

    > “Is the increase in tax revenue and the relatively paltry number of jobs worth the water?” … “It is incumbent on city councils to think very carefully and examine the trade-offs.”

    In the American West, the reliability of their source of water limits the buildout of a city.

  • by cranberryturkey on 4/27/25, 2:32 AM

    Why don't they just build them near the oceans or something??\