The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
grist.org The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia's water Our digital lives are sucking up Virginia's water
The state is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI's thirst?
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They use evaporative cooling because it's the cheapest way to vent the heat. Make it more expensive, and other cooling methods become more attractive - or better yet, innovation is incentivized. Government reluctance to tax and regulate hurts the market and the people. Unfortunately, it's business as usual.