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    Ein Rechenzentrum verbrauchte 29 Millionen Gallonen Wasser ohne Rechnung, während sich Anwohner über niedrigen Wasserdruck beschwerten

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    1. Decent_Head1345 on

      If you want violent revolution, put a shit load of people out of work and then start fucking with their drinking water.

    2. sudo_overcoffee on

      this is exactly why we need better infrastructure oversight, not just tech solutions lol

    4. VixensPoppies on

      Time to BILL these billionaires & their data centers what ordinary customers has to pay for energy & water consumption

    5. ragzilla on

      Hey look it’s the same thing that’s been posted twice already over the weekend.

      [AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine : r/technology](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1t9xsaq/ai_data_center_project_secretly_sucked_29_million/)

      [A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure : r/technology](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1t8ppsh/a_data_center_drained_30m_gallons_of_water/)

      Tl;dr, the utility failed to bill them properly due to poor internal procedures, and high staff turnover. The water was entirely used for construction because the letter was sent in May of 2025, and the datacenter wasn’t commissioned until October.

      The water would have primarily been used for dust control during rock blasting operations, and on-site concrete production (so they didn’t need to drive countless cement mixers into the site all day long). And then ongoing misting of the concrete to prevent dry curing.

    6. obsidianop on

      If anyone cared to look further into it, they’d find out it was a billing error that was corrected. Actually a very boring story.

    7. Gator_farmer on

      Jesus, nobody reads.

      „County investigation traced the problem to a nearby data center development operated by Quality Technology Services (QTS), where two high-capacity water connections were not being properly monitored. One had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and another was not tied to a billing account.

      * * *

      The lapse occurred as the county transitioned to a cloud-based smart metering system as part of an effort to modernize its utility infrastructure. But the transition also revealed gaps in how the system handled large industrial users. Tigert described the problem as procedural rather than intentional.“

    8. Wistephens on

      I’ve been wondering what the negotiated water rate is for these behemoth consumers.

      According to the Peachtree water:
      https://pcwasa.org/faqs/

      “Authority residential sewer rates include a $26 base fee, plus a consumption fee of $4.65 per 1,000 gallons of water used each month, which is metered by the Fayette County Water System. For industrial and commercial, or multi-family property owners, sewer rates include the $26 base fee, plus a consumption fee of $6.15 per 1,000 gallons of metered water for the month.”

      29000000/1000*($6.15+$ 4.65) =$313,200
      29000000/1000*$6.15 =$178,350
      $147474/29000 =$5.0853

      I’m guessing there’s no sewer fee because the waste(d) water is dumped into a waterway. Industrial contract discount rate is about 17%

      Check my math.

    9. Successful-Engine623 on

      This is an issue with billing not a data center topic. Now…if we want to talk about water conservation that’s a different issue

    11. VirtualPercentage737 on

      The site is under construction. 29 million gallons over 15 months is 44 gallons an hour. That is two hoses. For a HUGE construction site (site is not operational). This has zero to do with AI. The water department screwed up the billing.

      „The Fayetteville site is still under construction and, at 615 acres with plans for up to 16 buildings, ranks among the largest data center campuses in the country. „

    13. Batmaneatscake on

      I’m sure a couple peaceful protests and a catchy bumper sticker will fix things……

    16. MandemModie on

      If you step outside of Reddit into any random office job, AI is only becoming more and more embedded in every day operations

      The data demand center demands are only going to get worse, not sure what the solution is…because its not going to go backwards in use.

    17. Azer1287 on

      I hope public support turns rapidly against all of these monstrosities. Disgusting.

    20. code-254 on

      Every time I hear about data centers, they’re doing some underhanded shit and the local government is secretly enabling them.

    22. redditknees on

      I wonder if those same residents used AI chatbots to try to troubleshoot why their water pressure was low.

    23. Trail_Goat on

      The little we’ve done about climate change in the last 30-40 years is moot because of AI. Idc about this tech passing me by, I’ll sleep better at night knowing I’m not contributing.

    25. RacerX-76 on

      Well in Canada we have agreed for one in Nanaimo, BC. Let’s see how this plays out.

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