Animation claims AI data center water use panic is over almost nothing
aronchick · x · 2026-08-20
A shared animation puts AI water use in context, arguing data centers consume far less water than the public panic suggests. The thread cites a joke video of Jason Kelce asking fans to send their pee to AI data centers, as an example of how exaggerated the water-use narrative has become.
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