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USA uses 21.3 TWh of petroleum per day for transportation. Even if AI was fully responsible for all data center usage (it is not even close) we're quibbling over 20 days of US transportation oil usage, which actually has devastating effects on the environment.

Data centers are already significant users of renewable electricity. They do not contaminate water in any appreciable amount.



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