All this hysteria about datacenter water use. Check out this graph of how Al water consumption in America compares to laundry, flushing toilets, etc. From CBS news. Also AI is only 10% of datacenter use.

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New data suggests the environmental panic over AI water consumption may be overblown compared to ordinary residential activities like watering lawns or flushing toilets. The report highlights that AI currently accounts for only 10% of total data center water usage, providing a data-driven counter-narrative to recent sustainability criticisms.