Google used 10.9 billion gallons in 2025, so about 30m gallons per day The Coachella Valley has 120 golf courses each using ~800 acre feet per year, which is ~750,000 gallons/day: https://www.cvwd.org/167/Water-Conservation So Google buying up 40 of those courses (1/3) should do the trick
The artificial moral panic around water use by data centers makes me think back and wonder what other moral panics were outrageous lies or else subversive foreign plots
Many users attacked claims that data centers use far less water than golf courses as shilling or outdated, while positive replies agreed both should be opposed or repurposed for environmental reasons.
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Google used 10.9 billion gallons in 2025, so about 30m gallons per day The Coachella Valley has 120 golf courses each using ~800 acre feet per year, which is ~750,000 gallons/day: https://www.cvwd.org/167/Water-Conservation So Google buying up 40 of those courses (1/3) should do the trick
The artificial moral panic around water use by data centers makes me think back and wonder what other moral panics were outrageous lies or else subversive foreign plots
Google used 10.9 billion gallons of water in 2025.
we must stop the evil golf courses from drinking our water
We must ban golf courses immediately… Golf courses vs Data centers:
We must ban golf courses immediately… Golf courses vs Data centers:
The artificial moral panic around water use by data centers makes me think back and wonder what other moral panics were outrageous lies or else subversive foreign plots
Google used 10.9 billion gallons in 2025, so about 30m gallons per day The Coachella Valley has 120 golf courses each using ~800 acre feet per year, which is ~750,000 gallons/day: https://www.cvwd.org/167/Water-Conservation So Google buying up 40 of those courses (1/3) should do the trick
Many users attacked claims that data centers use far less water than golf courses as shilling or outdated, while positive replies agreed both should be opposed or repurposed for environmental reasons.
Based on 158 visible X reactions from 1129 accounts.
Ask a question below.
Published answers will appear here.
