| ▲ | 0xbadcafebee 2 hours ago | |
The water for the datacenter comes from the same place residents, farmers, etc get their water. If there is already not a lot of water, the datacenter can cause running out of water. Sending used water downstream doesn't magically reappear upstream. | ||
| ▲ | rileymat2 an hour ago | parent [-] | |
In some cases there is no stream involved at all, which is more problematic, but is pumped from groundwater. | ||