Gerry McGovernMay 10

A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure

Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.

“We get this notification from Fayette County water system saying you need to stop watering your lawns to help conserve water."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988

A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure

Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.

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@gerrymcgovern And this is why I never believed a word of this stupid greenwashing people were doing for "AI". The WATER UTILITY didn't even know about this. But it's okay because a single prompt only uses a teaspoon of water? You really believe that after a stunt like this? What else are they lying about? Does just the prompting actually use orders of magnitude more electricity than we thought too? Is the watercooling actually doing fuck and all to reduce electricity? Or did they bullshit about that too.
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