US data centers directly use approximately 17.5 billion gallons of water annually, compared to the 3.2 trillion gallons used for residential lawns and turf.
AEI’s @ProfDanielLyons explains that data center pushback focused on water consumption is overblown.
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- On @themimsshow, AEI’s Ruy Teixeira spoke with @jameshohmann about the growing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Democratic Party’s continued struggle with working-class voters.
- If the United States could add generation, transmission, and water capacity at the pace of earlier eras, the data center “crisis” would mostly disappear, writes AEI's @RogerPielkeJr
- Public schools don’t operate like the private companies and government agencies Anthropic is used to working with. Teachers face legal exposure around sharing student data that doesn’t exist in those sectors, write AEI's Mark Schneider and Andrew Rice.
- Technological advantage is of benefit whether Washington is surging to superintelligence or negotiating the terms of shared development, writes AEI's @HalBrands

