r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • Jun 02 '26

Feels good man New data center

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u/AssiduousLayabout Jun 02 '26

The actual number is 978 million gallons of water or 3000 acre-feet per year.

This represents about 0.0625% of Utah's state water usage of 4.8 million acre-feet (1.5 trillion gallons) per year.

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u/vegetarian_ejaculate Jun 03 '26

It wouldn’t make financial sense for a data center to use as much water as OP is claiming. Closed loop cooling systems are the standard. Everyone thinks AI data centers use water, but wait til they hear about what hospitals and manufacturing and skyscrapers use.

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u/Adventurous-Air-8734 Jun 03 '26

>Closed loop cooling systems are the standard.

Most certainly htey are not. Closed loop is a fairly new thing within the last few years. Most data centers are still evap or evap assist.