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AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

the county’s water system director, Vanessa Tigert, attributed the oversight to a procedural error during the county's transition to a cloud-based metering system. [...] QTS and the county disagreed on how long the water went unmetered, withTigert estimating about four months and QTS saying 9 to 15 months. Despite the unauthorized connections, Fayette County opted not to fine the company. "They're our largest customer, and we have to be partners," Tigert said. "It's called customer service."

What a crook

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

Steal 100 gallons of water, get cut off. Steal 29 million gallons, get away with it.

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

This is a "fuck the constituency, the data center is more lucrative" take that I expect these days from public officials.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Someone needs to look into this person's finances. It sure seems like she has a vested interest in letting these criminals get away with this. Almost like she was being paid to do so.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To me, the very idea that someone could steal water in such amounts is mindboogling.

Here, we have metering for each connection, and, on top of this, metering at key nodes all over the grid. Not to catch someone watering their lawn unmetered, but to watch for leaks. Water is considered important, so the utilities have strict monitoring requirements. If the measurements don't add up in a segment, the utilities immediately start to investigate, as any leak that lets water out could also let dirt in - an absolute no-go here.

They would have caught the culprits after the first few cubic meters.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I worked in the industry they knew. The water department knew that much water was being used and by whom.

[–] Hoticeberg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Burn. It. Down.

[–] JackDark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To put this in perspective, an Olympic sized swimming pool is 804,836 gallons (assuming 8ft depth). 29 million gallons is 36 Olympic sized swimming pools.