Ann Vaughan

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The MeatEater Podcast · Ep. 902: The Pros, Cons, and Complications of Data Centers · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

And it's understandable, too, that people see technology and they see data centers as the embodiment of how tech has changed our lives and, you know, for the worse, perhaps.

And they sort of see it for the worse.

And, of course, tech has also changed our lives for the better.

And so I guess I would say what is not rational is to not look at technology

and do this with some common sense and put context around it.

So, you know, one piece of context, right?

Like, well, look, we now have airports that are these giant pieces of land that we all depend on.

The truth is we do all depend on data centers every single day.

Our lives are, you know, as dependent on energy as they are on digital.

And now, AI and energy are completely intertwined.

They pull in all kinds of other resources, and we're grappling with that in real time in a hurry.

The tech industry's in a big hurry, and that's another part of people's unease is how fast this is unfolding.

People use 2030 as the sort of guidepost.

Yeah, so I think, so just a couple of caveats that I'm not a water scientist, and I'm also in the process, as I work on this book, of interrogating this topic from every angle that I can.

Yeah.

striving to figure out the best version of the truth so that, you know, we can all talk apples to apples.

And so, I've attempted, I recently did a column on water for the information and have attempted to do that for the book as well, sort of saying, what, how much water, you know, does this industry really consume and has that changed?

So...

It has changed, actually.

The data centers are getting bigger, but they're getting more water efficient.

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