We Calculated How Much Water Data Centers Actually Use. The Total Will Shock You.
More Perfect Union
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Big Tech claims AI data centers don’t use much water. But data centers typically report the water used inside the facilities — we found them indirectly consuming 10x that amount.
We went to the drought-stricken West, where farmers now have to fight AI oligarchs for water.
Producer: Dan Lieberman
Editor: Leslie Atkins
Videographer: TK
Supervising Producer: Brady Welch
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
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THEY ARE LYING TO YOU. It's time we hold these people accountable for their lies, greed, corruption, and crimes.
We Calculated How Much Water Data Centers Actually Use. The Total Will Shock You.
More Perfect Union
872,770 views
Big Tech claims AI data centers don’t use much water. But data centers typically report the water used inside the facilities — we found them indirectly consuming 10x that amount.
We went to the drought-stricken West, where farmers now have to fight AI oligarchs for water.
Producer: Dan Lieberman
Editor: Leslie Atkins
Videographer: TK
Supervising Producer: Brady Welch
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu...
Substack: https://substack.perfectunion.us/
TikTok: TikTok: moreperfectunion
Twitter: Twitter: MorePerfectUS
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Facebook: Facebook: MorePerfectUS
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