Blogger pushes back: no US data center has ever cut household water access
AndyMasley · x · 2026-08-29
AndyMasley is once again in a spat over data center water use. His earlier claim — that nowhere in America has the normal operation (not construction) of data centers affected household water access — drew pushback from Timnit Gebru and others; he now jokes his blog has reached the "secret coordinated media campaign" level of success. The debate centers on data center water/energy narratives versus empirical evidence.
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