Studying in regards to the farmers dealing with water challenges attributable to drought in Yakima Valley (“How WA’s drought strains the Yakima Valley,” Nov. 16, Local weather Lab), I used to be then struck by the article “Gen Z can’t save the planet while doomscrolling it dry” (Nov. 16, Opinion). The leaked inside doc at Amazon that was referenced within the latter concerning its information facilities consuming 105 billion gallons of water in 2021 was fairly eye-opening (and that was 4 years in the past, so I’d assume that quantity — together with the rise in its information facilities — has solely continued to develop).
In excited about local weather change and the way water sources are being impacted consequently, I hope that cities and rural areas that conform to have information facilities constructed additionally mandate that as a part of constructing an information middle, that some sort of commercial water reuse facility can also be put in place. And even higher, a waterless/dry cooling system.
Sure, information facilities present alternatives for employment, however the power and the water that’s consumed appears to be a problem that would snowball shortly.
Carrie Hanley, Sammamish
