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Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 days ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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The sign outside Tom Hermes’s farmyard in Perkins Township in Ohio, a short drive south of the shores of Lake Erie, proudly claims that his family have farmed the land here since 1900. Today, he raises 130 head of cattle and grows corn, wheat, grass and soybeans on 1,200 acres of land.

For his family, his animals and wider business, water is life.

So when, in May 2024, the Texas-based Aligned Data Centers broke ground on its NEO-01, four-building, 200,000 sq ft data center on a brownfield site that abuts farmland that Hermes rents, he was concerned.

“We have city water here. That’s going to reduce the pressure if they are sucking all the water,” he says of the data center.

Two years ago, the company said it would invest about $202m on a “hyperscale” data center that would employ 18 people and dozens more in the construction process. Although the company claims it uses a closed-loop, air-cooled system for cooling its computers that can reduce the need for water, artificial intelligence, machine-learning and other high power-demand processes do rely on water as a cooling agent.

All the while, a 10-minute drive north, the shoreline of Lake Erie hasn’t been this low in years.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why can't they use closed loop water radiators like every single car on the road?

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 days ago

Because it’s cheaper to be wasteful. Who cares if future generations have a planet? AI make line go up now!

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