'Movie Idiocracy is a reality!' Google gets to chug millions of gallons of drinking water from dwindling aquifer to cool servers

Source: https://www.rt.com/usa/470664-google-south-carolina-water/
Published: Oct 11, 2019
Author: staff
Post Date: 2019-10-11 12:11:52 by Horse
Views: 1006

Google has been given the go-ahead to pump some 550 million gallons of clean drinking water per year to cool servers at its sprawling data center in South Carolina, sparking outrage and fears the company will deplete the supply.

After months of wrangling over the tech giant’s request, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) gave its approval for the company to draw water from a major aquifer for its data center in Berkeley County, so long as it complies with the terms of the permit, in particular caps on the amount it can use.

While Google insists it strives to “build sustainability” into all of its projects, critics have slammed the move for putting Big Tech ahead of South Carolinians, arguing the aquifer in question is drying up and that its remaining supply should be preserved for residents.

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#1: TommyTheMadArtist    To: Horse (#0)

The people who enable this shit deserve everything they get.

TommyTheMadArtist posted on 2019-10-11 12:13:43   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Horse    To: TommyTheMadArtist (#1)

South Carolina votes could force Google to give up censorship.

Horse posted on 2019-10-11 12:38:53   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Lod    To: Horse (#0)

Make goog build a desal-plant and use Atlantic water for their servers. (Where does NSA get water for their Utah operations?)

Keep those bastards out of the aquifer!

Lod posted on 2019-10-11 14:01:10   Reply   Private Reply

#4: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#2)

Whew, you don't know out stinking rotten commieticians :-[

www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/07/09/south-carolina- house-votes-to-remove-confederate-flag-from-statehouse-grounds/

NeoconsNailed posted on 2019-10-11 14:25:18   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Dakmar    To: Lod (#3)

If a Ford Model T can re-use the same water for cooling, I see no reason why a high tech computer installation can not.

Dakmar posted on 2019-10-11 15:35:12   Reply   Private Reply