@rohanpaul_ai: Mark Andreessen on the anti-data centers sentiments in US. "This completely fake meme about water use, which is just fa…
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Mark Andreessen comments on anti-data center sentiments in the US, calling claims about excessive water use "completely fake" and factually untrue.
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Mark Andreessen on the anti-data centers sentiments in US.
“This completely fake meme about water use, which is just factually not true, running wild through the public discussion that somehow these data centers are basically destroying all the water” https://t.co/Ocyqz95Mk1
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