• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s not being “wasted” in a “destructive sense” but it’s being diverted away from other sources that would require.

    This is a oversimplification, but for example if you imagine a big tub of water in a town and every gets a cup of water. If a data center comes in now it might get 3-4 large buckets of water first, then everyone else might get half a cup or some may not get anything at all.