The AI water issue is fake - Andy Masley

On the national, local, and personal level

AI & the Environment The AI water issue is fake On the national, local, and personal level Andy Masley Oct 11, 2025 426 95 98 Share AI data centers use water. Like any other industry that uses water, they require careful planning. If an electric car factory opens near you, that factory may use just as much water as a data center . The factory also requires careful planning. But the idea that either the factory or AI is using an inordinate amount of water that merits any kind of boycott or national attention as a unique serious environmental issue is innumerate. Individual data centers can some

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