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People @[email protected] · 2026-09-06 · 15:59 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/people/217491/ Sam Altman on concerns over AI water use: 38,000 ChatGPT queries use as much as 1 almond #CaliforniaAlmond #ChatGPTQueries #DataCenters #OpenAI #SamAltman #WaterConsumption

#waterconsumption #samaltman #openai #datacenters #chatgptqueries #californiaalmond

People @[email protected] · 2026-09-06 · 03:44 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/people/216910/ ChatGPT vs almond? Sam Altman says ChatGPT uses as much water as an almond – the internet isn’t buying it | #AIEnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalFootprintOfAI #OpenAI #SamAltman #WaterConsumption

#waterconsumption #samaltman #openai #environmentalfootprintofai #aienvironmentalimpact

All for Gardening @[email protected] · 2026-06-14 · 03:36 UTC

Tensions rise as HOAs crack down on homeowners ripping out their lawns to plant native species https://www.allforgardening.com/1818190/tensions-rise-as-hoas-crack-down-on-homeowners-ripping-out-their-lawns-to-plant-native-species/ #ClimateConditions #CloverLawns #FrontYards #garden #gardening #GreenLawns #HOA #landscaping #NativePlantings #NativePlants #neighborhood #WaterConsumption #WaterRestrictions #WildflowerGardens

#climateconditions #cloverlawns #frontyards #garden #gardening #greenlawns

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-05-23 · 02:05 UTC

Tribune editorial: The voice of the people has pushed #Utah leaders to stop and think about massive #DataCenter. Keep it up.

This is an issue that has united people across the political spectrum.

By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board
| May 22, 2026

"The fear that a ginormous, water-guzzling, air-befouling, weather-modifying data center planned for Utah’s northwest corner was a done deal seems to be easing just a bit. It’s not hard to see why.

A handful of key state officials are now promising that, before the project actually gets built — if it ever does — the appropriate environmental reviews, with opportunities for public comment, will happen.

"That doesn’t mean that the people who have stood up to what appeared to be a pre-greased mega-project can rest easy. Vigilance and activism are what have worked so far, and will be necessary going forward. As long and exhausting as that process might be.

"It will take a lot of continual public outcry to counterbalance the monied interests pouring campaign contributions into the coffers of Utah Senate President #StuartAdams and other powerful worthies who have been pushing the plan.

"Few Utahns had any inkling that a little-known state agency called the Military Installation Development Authority (#MIDA), which Adams chairs, had put its weight behind the #StratosProject, a proposed data center that would, at full build-out, generate and consume twice as much electricity as the whole state of Utah.

"The Box Elder County Commission had to sign off on the project before the MIDA board could take over all land-use, water, energy, environmental and tax-abatement authority over the 40,000-acre project — immune from any democratic oversight.
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"Despite loud public objections, online and in person, commissioners did exactly that. Given that the land is privately owned, not part of any city and not zoned for any particular use, commissioners argued they really didn’t have the power to stop it.

"But others do."

#UtahPol #KevinOLeary #WaterConsumption #HeatPollution #ResistDatacenters #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution #HeatGeneration
#Drought #GreatSaltLake
#Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe #Datacenters #DatacentersSuck
#SharkTank #AISucks

#utah #datacenter #stuartadams #mida #stratosproject #utahpol

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-05-20 · 00:59 UTC

#India's #DataCentre boom confronts a looming water challenge

Nikhil Inamdar, 9 November 2025

Excerpt: "From #Chile and #Mexico to #Georgia in the #US and #Scotland, serious concerns have been raised around data centres guzzling excess water for their cooling systems and consuming vast amounts of energy at the cost of local communities.

"In an energy starved, water-scarce India, these challenges are even more accentuated.

"According to the World Bank, India has 18% of the world's population, but only 4% of its water resources, making it among the most water-stressed countries in the world.

"India's data centre water consumption, meanwhile, is expected to more than double from 150 billion litres in 2025 to 358 billion litres by 2030, putting further pressure on its water table.

"Moreover, most of India's data centres are concentrated in urban clusters like #Mumbai, #Hyderabad, #Chennai and #Bengaluru which have strong competing water needs."

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7QvxI

#Datacenters #EnergyConsumption #WaterConsumption #ClimateChange #WaterIsLife #Datacentres #WorldPol