""We have city water here. That's going to reduce the pressure if they are sucking all the water,""
""They're not good, I know that.""
""In the near term, it's not a concern and it's not a nationwide crisis,""
""But it depends on location. In locations that have existing water stress, building these AI data centers is gonna be a big problem.""
Data centers are proliferating across the United States and require large amounts of electricity and water to support AI training and inference. Water levels in the Great Lakes are lower than in recent years, and new data center buildouts in the region raise concerns about additional water demand. Companies are locating large campuses in small towns along the Great Lakes, sometimes adjacent to farmland and municipal water systems. Exact water usage by AI data centers varies by design and location, and impacts are likely to be most severe in areas already facing water stress.
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