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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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[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You know Midwest that if the lakes lose water the harsher the temperature swings you'll get in winter. Which also helps the East cost, but who cares as long as the oligarchs get theirs it's all good.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Not just the oligarchs. Think of the shareholders!

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

A quick reminder that Canada and the US are supposed to share 4 of the 5 Great Lakes (Lake Michigan being the only one that is totally on American soil).

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months 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 4 months ago

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

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

And PCs at home.