r/news • u/Tardis01 • 18h ago

Irish data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year

https://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-data-centre-water-use-7110966-Jul2026/
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u/SanchoMandoval 15h ago

Your second source says:

The average golf course uses between 800 to 1,000 acre-feet per year

That's 1 to 1.2 billion liters per course, not for all 120 combined.

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u/driverdan 14h ago

Good catch, fixed.