[JuniperMesos]

> We've seen the stories about increased sediment in local residents' water supply after a new datacenter moves in next door, but I'd like to share an example from my own city.

If you're talking about the New York Times Article "Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door" described in https://andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-water-issue-is-fake , that NYT article was so misleading I'd call it basically a deliberate lie. The article was about a household that used well water and started having more problems with sediment in their well water when Meta started constructing a data center within a mile of them (that was not operating yet because it wasn't done being built yet). It's unclear if the construction of the data center was actually related to their sediment issues, and even if it was, the fact that it was a data center being constructed as opposed to some other type of large building was irrelevant.

[soulofmischief]

Yes, the materials I have seen have not convinced me, either.

That's why I thought to offer an example from my own backyard that I can verify myself, and has a much clearer story and is also in a non-datacenter industry as to avoid hype and focus on the importance of reasonable water usage restrictions.