I’ve heard the conspiracy that data centers don’t need this much water and it is to actually allocate water to the underground cities for the elites. But, I’m not really leaning into that one.
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And then I remember that Water = comms for Info
Water is the main component of spit and blood, not to mention clouds and ocean. I wouldn't read too much into that equivalence. The whole point of communication is to reduce uncertainty about some proposition, not increase it (Claude Shannon, information theory).
As far as I can figure, fren, the only reason a computing center would need water is for drinking fountains and restrooms. I've been in them.