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🔒 Millions of gallons of water needed for new data centres in Chile during 30 year drought - Subscriber Extra Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast

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Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.Millions of gallons of water needed for new data centres in Chile during 30 year droughtChile looks set to become the data centre capital of Latin America, with the country’s President announcing another 28 proposed developments. But these data centres require vast amounts of electricity to run and huge volumes of water to cool them. With the country experiencing a severe long term drought, predicted to last until 2040, how can building thes...

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.Millions of gallons of water needed for new data centres in Chile during 30 year droughtChile looks set to become the data centre capital of Latin America, with the country’s President announcing another 28 proposed developments. But these data centres require vast amounts of electricity to run and huge volumes of water to cool them. With the country experiencing a severe long term drought, predicted to last until 2040, how can building thes...

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