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The Water Myth: Why AI Data Centers Aren't the Environmental Crisis Everyone Fears
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Why it matters
While AI data centers face relentless online criticism for excessive water consumption, new industry data reveals their aggregate global usage is negligible compared to agriculture, landscaping, and golf courses. This perspective matters as AI adoption intensifies environmental scrutiny—distinguishing actual local water stress from overblown global threat narratives helps inform more rational environmental policymaking.
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