[Avtomatk]

It seems like a distraction to focus on this problem instead of organizing to reduce carbon emissions from car factories, the food industry, shipping companies, etc. Which are the ones that generate the most emissions on the planet... I read in an article that a Google data center alone consumes about 169 liters of water per second. And are we going to start optimizing our code to stop global warming? Just ridiculous

[jeffbee]

Is that a lot?

Google states their data center water use in terms of "golf course equivalents" which in my opinion is an excellent way to frame the issue.

[scruple]

That's interesting and clever. Can Google using reclaimed water in their data centers?

edit/ According to a blog post they made [0] they use up to 25% reclaimed water, which is probably better than golf courses, too.

[0]: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-...