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Data Center Caught Watering Its Lavish Lawn While Human Neighbors Are on Year-Long Water Restriction - Futurism
The AI data center irrigated its lawn copiously during drought restrictions, impacting local residents who are under mandatory water conservation.
- Date it happened
- 2026-09-04
- Organisation involved
- CoreSite
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