The Hidden Water Consumption of Swiss Data Centers
“The risk of drought in Switzerland will increase in every season.”
Swiss data center "operators are neither obliged to disclose their water use nor subject to any specific rules governing their approach to water utilization. Therefore, they have no obligation to comprehensively track their consumption, use water efficiently, or make their consumption public."
https://algorithmwatch.ch/en/hidden-waterconsumption-datacenters/
Gerry McGovern
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