This is a must read. People screaming about AI and water usage are wildly misinformed. The average Google data center uses about as much water as a golf course, and of the water withdrawn about 50% is returned to the local watershed. AI isn’t a water monster
Andy Masley
Andy MasleyNov 17, 2025
This is the single most massive factual error in a major book I've ever personally noticed on my own, and I think I'm the first person to notice it? Empire of AI asserts that a data center is using 1000x as much water as a city. In reality, it's 22% of the city's water.
@elaifresh And you never hear about the top 5 😬 nobody is protesting those ones
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