One of the biggest data center projects in the US found to be sucking up 29 million gallons of water over 15 months — and local residents only found out after complaining of low pressure, when they were initially told to stop watering their lawns Fayette County declined to fine QTS after hidden water usage surfaced following complaints about weak residential water pressure locally. #data_center #local_residents #center_projects #Fayette_County #lawns_Fayette #County_declined #fine_QTS #million_gallons #pressure_locally #biggest_data
New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. #Data_Centers #Entire_Nations #Greenhouse_Gases #WIRED_review #million_tons #Gas-Powered_Data #center_projects
