@theemozilla: "Indirect water use" is the "excess deaths" of 2026
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A tweet highlights a Wall Street Journal article that notes data centers' indirect water use—from power plants supplying their electricity—is far greater than direct water use, drawing a parallel to the 'excess deaths' concept.
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“Indirect water use” is the “excess deaths” of 2026
The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ): Data centers’ indirect water use—the water used at power plants that supply the electricity—can be far greater than the water used in the data centers themselves, writes Christopher @Mims
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