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by emodendroket
1260 days ago
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Silicon, hm? Semiconductor production itself is quite water-hungry. Consider: https://www.theverge.com/22628925/water-semiconductor-shorta... > A factory or “fab” for making semiconductors needs a lot of water to operate. It’ll guzzle between 2 to 4 million gallons of water a day by some estimates, using the water to cool down equipment and clean silicon wafers. That’s about as much water as 13,698 to 27,397 Arizona residents might use in a day. Fabs are also pretty picky when it comes to water quality, they need to use “ultra-pure” water to prevent any impurities from damaging the chips. |
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