Meanwhile, in Texas, they arrest people for documenting the water:

Woman files lawsuit after arrest for Facebook post concerning Trinidad water supply issues

https://www.fox4news.com/news/woman-arrested-facebook-post-c...

I don't read bsky due to javascript requirement.

Here are some sources that don't require js:

https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-data-centers-water

https://www.rawstory.com/aoc-data-center-drinking-water/

non-random source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQ-vH5fAk8

The more people will despise AI, the better

lets get something strait about the scale off data centers, and how they compare to any OTHER mega INDUSTRIAL project, bieng done in a massive rush backed by massive amounts of capital with a lax, very lax, regulatory environment

we strait now?

or is it thissy that, footsy, look LOOK!, over there!

CHINA!

Happens at my house sometimes. And has also happened at my previous apartments. Looks exactly the same. When they do construction on water pipes some of the sediment gets in and has to be cleared by the neighborhood. She is either lying or doesn't know what she's talking about. I also guarantee she shook up the bottle before her presentation because the sediment would have settled after a few hours.

Most of these AI datacenters need to be moved to space. For many AI uses, the resulting latency would be altogether acceptable.

That doesn't make any sense. Data centers just use some water for water cooling of cpus, there isn't anything to pollute. If this isn't fake, its probably a broken line.

Rushed construction affecting well water https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o

Overdrawing water from an aquifer can disturb sediment. There are many second-order effects to consider.

> its probably a broken line

Per her website (which is hosting the transcript of the interview here: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-...) seems that the cause is known and acknowledge to be construction

"""

...A few weeks ago, while Congress was in recess, I visited Morgan County, Georgia, where Meta is building a massive data center campus. They are clear cutting forests and began heavy construction, including explosive blasting, and families in the area are starting to see not only their water pressure decrease, to your point about water availability, but their appliances have all stopped working because it is decimating their water quality.

They now rely on bottled water to drink and prepare meals, and nearby residents' water bills are expected to increase by 33%. In fact, I have a jar right here. This is the current drinking water in Morgan County, Georgia, right after a data center was constructed, the Meta data center was constructed. ...

"""

It’s cheaper to use lots of water for cooling than to make a closed system where you have to cool it yourself. Easy solution is to only give them a small pipe for restrooms.

It seems like you didnt watch the source video. The water is allegedly contaminated by the construction of a new datacenter.

Makes plenty of sense to me, the company that profited off of the Myanmar genocide likely also doesn't care about local regulations either or the impacts on American civilians either.

> Data centers just use some water for water cooling of cpus, there isn't anything to pollute.

I wonder why they're using up and dumping all the water then. If the water was clean they'd consume none... it'd just flow through their CPU's, into tanks, and back into municipal water supply.