r/technology • u/l0st1nP4r4d1ce • 1d ago

Business Improper redaction reveals Lincoln’s Google Data Center water and electricity usage

https://www.1011now.com/2026/09/30/more-questions-than-answers-about-lincolns-google-data-center-water-electricity-usage/
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u/TheGreenHatDelegate 19h ago

Why don’t people throw the same tizzy for golf course water use? Added bonus are all the insecticide and fertilizer runoff. A single course uses about 120M gal/year - about 16k golf courses in the US.

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u/Minimum-Reward3264 12h ago

Because water goes back to the ground. You, uneducated mob. Data center water gets evaporated and combined with AC contributes to the warming.

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u/syn_vamp 7h ago

gets evaporated

right because once that water is in the sky, it has no way to come back down. it's up there forever.

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there's no way you're calling other people uneducated when you literally don't know how rain works.

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u/RussianBotPatrol 2h ago

Are you under the assumption that the clouds produced by the vapor run offs from data centers are going to accumulate in that immediate vicinity and replenish the water it used up? I'm no cloud scientist but I feel like the answer is much more nuanced than that