Drought-stricken Holland discovers Microsoft data center slurped 84m liters of drinking water last yearAfter the company and local authority sai...

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Drought-stricken Holland discovers Microsoft data center slurped 84m liters of drinking water last year
After the company and local authority said the facility would only need 12 to 20 million liters

Microsoft's giant data center complex in North Holland consumed 84 million liters (84,000 cubic meters) of water during 2021, a year when heat caused severe water shortages.

Microsoft, and the municipality of Hollands-Kroon, had previously said the Middenmeer facility would only need 12m to 20m liters per year, but local news outlet Noordhollands Dagblad uncovered classified figures which revealed the site, where Microsoft runs multiple data centers, used 84 million liters. Google also runs large data centers in the same area using the same cooling technology.

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The figures suggest that this year's consumption will be significantly higher - during a time when the Netherlands has announced a drought.

Opposition in Hollands Kroon
Microsoft's activities in Middenmeer have faced long-running opposition from farmers over their water consumption, but the Hollands-Kroon municipality approved new Microsoft data centers there early in 2021, alongside the existing plant. This proved controversial, with the province of Noord-Holland attempting to over-rule that decision, and the Hollands-Kroon municipality backing the Microsoft proposal.
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  1. Tulips used to be the old Crypto Currency and those data centers  use much more water and electricity if you count hydroelectric power generation. The problem with our EPA is it does not count the hydroelectric, coal fired electric and natural gas electric plants usage of water to actually cool the plants and every thing is still tethered to an over burdened power grid by an electrical connection.

    Water is the cooling system as to why the gulp water.

    Capture the stem and you have distilled water from the Ocean, no Membranes, El paso used to have the largest membreane brachish water plant, but it was to inificient and the cost of the Elcricity to run it made it to expensive for FT Bliss to use,

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    At he top of the Frankin Myns which is basically covered in cacti, we have a spring feed pond the is Cotton Wood Springs.

    And at Kilbourne Hole National park a 30000 sloth was found at the bottom of an ancient volcanos vent hole around 100 years ago.

    The Rio Grande turns left her after gathrering water from the San Juans in Colorado through New Mexico.

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    Where do thye toxic sewers boil worst around thje globe.

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    Excuse my typing. but I am a dyslexic, but I will let others comment on my spelling errors.