Georgia is basically turning into one large data center
Get ready for this, there is no legal obligation for data centers to disclose how much water they will be using
- Georgia currently has about 162 data centers already
- They have an additional 141 new data centers planned
- Combined these data centers will use 12+ GW or more of power, this is equivalent to the usage of 10 MILLION homes
- Combined water usage estimate of 35+ billion gallons per year or higher
Absolutely insane
There is no comprehensive federal requirement for data centers to publicly report detailed water usage.
A bill was introduced called “the Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act” to mandate reporting of energy and water consumption to states and the EPA
This is an issue, here’s one example
The Quality Technology Services data center in Fayette County used 29–30 million gallons of water went unmetered and unbilled for months without initial detection. Residents complained about low pressure during drought conditions. The company later paid retroactively $150,000 but faced no fines
How is $5 trillion in new foreign investment in the USA going to cause a recession? How are falling gas and food prices going to cause a recession? How is cutting massive waste and fraud from the government going to cause a recession?