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highplainsdem

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6. I posted a thread two years ago about AI companies preferring dry climates to avoid corrosion,

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:56 AM

11 hrs ago

which is something the article you posted also mentions.

OP from May 15, 2024:

Data centers are draining resources in water-stressed communities
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218952149

Dry air reduces the risk of corrosion and electrical issues in the sensitive equipment in the data centers. The lack of humidity in water-stressed regions, such as the American Southwest, makes it an attractive location for data centers. This means that the regions in which it is “best” to locate a data center due to its arid environment has the highest marginal cost in terms of water consumption.

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Majority of US's new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land [View all] marmar 13 hrs ago OP

The land is cheap, it's often very poor rural areas mwmisses4289 13 hrs ago #1

This message was self-deleted by its author jeffreyi 11 hrs ago #7

How many politicians are calling for a moratorium on data centers? Passages 12 hrs ago #2

Aren't they mostly red areas? dem4decades 12 hrs ago #3

Kick dalton99a 12 hrs ago #4

So this raises the question of where they plan on getting the water, if not locally. harumph 12 hrs ago #5

I posted a thread two years ago about AI companies preferring dry climates to avoid corrosion, highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #6

Why can't they recycle the water? Wifes husband 8 hrs ago #8

$$$ Angleae 6 hrs ago #9

I am sure I am wrong but Wifes husband 2 hrs ago #10