RIKKI SCHLOTT--PANIC OVER DATA CENTERS IS WILDLY EXAGGERATED---THEY USE LESS WATER THAN GOLF COURSES AND LESS ENEGERY FROM THE USA'S FRIDGES

And about the claims of that book being posted quite a bit LOCALLY on facebook: "Worries about water consumption have been popularized via an oft-repeated statistic about the water consumption of a Chilean data center from journalist Karen Hao’s book, “Empire of AI.” The only problem: Hao had accidentally exaggerated the water usage by a factor of 1,000."  READ SCHLOTT'S ARTICLE AT Everyone is afraid of AI. Data centers have become the ultimate scapegoat.