Not only that, but the guy is clearly out of his element, but makes a big smart looking report and this wrong by a factor of 10.
Ground water is not fungible economic value. When its gone it is gone because the aquifers collapse. The CA central valley dropped 9M from 1925 to 1977 [1]
The space the water was in, is gone. Datacenters pumping groundwater will do the same exact thing.
Ground water is not fungible economic value. When its gone it is gone because the aquifers collapse. The CA central valley dropped 9M from 1925 to 1977 [1]
The space the water was in, is gone. Datacenters pumping groundwater will do the same exact thing.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1jby06/this_is_the_im...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35582-x