Poll: Data centers gain massive support — they don’t waste water!  

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Poll: Data centers gain massive support -- they don't waste water! Robby Soave | RISING

Poll: Data centers gain massive support -- they don't waste water! Robby Soave | RISING

Arguments about data centers are reaching a fever pitch, with so many Americans saying they don’t want these things in their town. Just look at how angry people are getting. 

But one major point of contention is based on an apparent lie: that data centers consume a huge amount of water. It turns out that this is simply not the case at all, and in fact, the water they do use — which is much less than is used, for example, for farming — is easily recycled. And importantly, when people learn this fact, their views on data centers changed rapidly.  

After people are told that data centers can reuse the water, they become 31 points more supportive of building them. That suggests to me that when people say they’re against data centers, they’re not saying they’re against AI or........

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