Garry Tan says an AI data-center water claim in a book was false and retracted
garrytan · x · 2026-07-25
Garry Tan says the book at the center of the discussion spread a false claim about water use in AI data centers, adding that the claim was later retracted but is still being repeated.
His comment was made in response to a quote-post about San Francisco being a bubble, using the example to argue that innovation always leaves some people behind.
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