I don’t know that story, but if the data center isn’t built yet, that’s just the normal water consumption that would be required for any building construction.

Building big buildings uses a lot of water. It’s necessary for dust management, soil compaction, etc. They literally just spray it everywhere during construction and that’s actually very important! LOL.

It always amuses me when I see people complaining about data centers that are still under construction using “millions of gallons” of water. I’m thinking, “yeah dude, that’s how construction works.”

They never complained about the construction water usage of all the other buildings in the area which make the “huge data center” look like a drop in the ocean for that kind of thing.