I am so tired of hearing people smart enough to know better screeching how AI is going to cause droughts, cause *flooding* (due to evaporated water raining out), or collapse agriculture due to water demand. do the fucking math. none of this will happen even with 100x current demand.

data centers with evaporative cooling can absolutely stress *local* *potable* water systems, but actual use is a drop in the bucket vs agriculture. seriously, do the math so you don't look ignorant.