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Data center used 30M gallons water, investigation reveals

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A data center, identified as Quality Technology Services, has been found to have used 30 million gallons of water without reporting or paying for it. This discovery comes at a time when local residents were reportedly asked to conserve their own water usage. The investigation into the data center's water consumption highlights environmental and ethical concerns. AI

RANK_REASON The article discusses a data center's water usage, which is tangentially related to AI infrastructure but lacks core AI news substance, fitting the 'meme' bucket for general environmental/tech news.

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Data center used 30M gallons water, investigation reveals

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The article discusses a data center's water usage, which is tangentially related to AI infrastructure but lacks core AI news substance, fitting the 'meme' bucket for general environmental/tech news.
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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Data center drained 30 million gallons (114 million liters) of water without reporting or paying for it, investigation reveals Residents had previously been ask

    Data center drained 30 million gallons (114 million liters) of water without reporting or paying for it, investigation reveals Residents had previously been asked to conserve their own water usage. https://www. yahoo.com/news/articles/data-c enter-drained-30-million-002000882.htm…

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