74 Leo Hohmann - Why does America need so many AI data centers? U.S. building more than 5,200 data centers compared to only 1,818 in China The answer is hiding in plain sight but nobody is looking or asking the right questions....via u/brain_dead... (leohohmann.substack.com) posted 26 days ago by ashlanddog 26 days ago by ashlanddog +74 / -0 Why does America need so many AI data centers? U.S. building more than 5,200 data centers compared to only 1,818 in China The answer is hiding in plain sight but nobody is looking or asking the right questions. 62 comments share 62 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I understand the concern about power usage but what do they us massive volumes of water for?
The water is used for cooling the tech. Water loss is from evaporation from the cooling towers used for cooling the returning water, and purging with fresh water to prevent the build up of salts etc in the water.
Thanks. I didn’t think of that