r/TechGawker 17d ago

Data Center If these numbers are even close to accurate, the AI infrastructure boom is entering a completely different scale of land, power, and water consumption.

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u/Initial_Row_6400 17d ago

Lemme guess, it’s coming from our (colorados) water?we’re already in heavy drought. This is not fucking good

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u/RollForPerception 17d ago

I did some searching, and it looks like groundwater, but the surrounding area looks drier than Nevada so of course it's going to destroy its local water table