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zrb

@gerrymcgovern and, to be clear, just because the water is evaporated into the atmosphere does NOT mean it is instantly reusable.

If you draw water from an aquifer faster than that aquifer's recharge rate, the sediment surrounding the reservoir will compact and subside, leading to a permanent capacity reduction. This is already happening to aquifers around the world:
nature.com/articles/s41467-023

13 May at 12:30 | Wall-to-wall | Open on astrodon.social
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zrb

@gerrymcgovern I've had tech bros in my replies saying data center water usage is "a nonsense stat" because the evaporated water "goes right back into the water cycle" qoto.org/@LouisIngenthron/1122

13 May at 12:35 | Open on astrodon.social
Gerry McGovern

@zrb
So much wrong with that sort of thinking. Water used by a DC is not available locally. Evaporated water will not stay local. DC water is wastewater with toxins and must be treated. Evaporation system leave major crud waste behind them.

It's hard to have to educate tech bros, who think they know everything, on really basic things.

13 May at 12:57 | Open on mastodon.green
⠠⠵ avuko

@gerrymcgovern @zrb so, eh, fuck tech bros? Let’s not post to educate those unwilling or unable to learn. I’m just happy (in a sad way) somebody brought this to our attention, and just another reason to refuse anything from the chatty Great Pile of Trash and its fraggly friends.
13 May at 15:30 | Open on infosec.exchange
John Francis

@avuko @gerrymcgovern @zrb lol, the trash pile was pretty wise in FR, IIRC. It's a very generous comparison for LLMs

13 May at 15:36 | Open on mastodon.social
⠠⠵ avuko

@johnefrancis @gerrymcgovern @zrb 😂

You are right, I also remember it as a wise… creature(?).
But I could not resist.

13 May at 15:37 | Open on infosec.exchange
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