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Trump: Save Salt Lake - It's shrunk to 1/3 of its size due to severe water overconsumption
Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:17 pm
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The NSA data center in Utah uses approximately 128 million gallons of water per year to cool its servers, which is enough to support around 1,168 homes annually. This significant water consumption raises concerns, especially in a state facing drought conditions
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This post was edited on 2/21/26 at 4:22 pm
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Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:22 pm to Ailsa
Looks like we need to just shut down the NSA
Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:25 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
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Looks like we need to just shut down the NSA
Or change it's water system to recycle. I'd like to see an end to the thousands of data centers being built.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:28 pm to Ailsa
Call me crazy but the data centers should be placed in areas with consistently reliable excess amounts of fresh water or coastal areas with desalination plants. Putting them in deserts doesn’t make a helluva lot of sense.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:29 pm to Ailsa
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Or change it's water system to recycle. I'd like to see an end to the thousands of data centers being built
No, no, no! Gotta play their game...
We must SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT and shut down this anti American spy outfit used to spy on us NOW
Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:35 pm to Ailsa
The data center is in Bluffdale. Its water consumption would only affect tGSL minimally. Major rivers that feed tGSL are Bear, Jordan, Weber and Ogden. Of these 4, only the Jordan is south of tGSL and flows by the data center. The data center is however upstream of the Jordan's main feed streams.
Loss of water to tGSL has more to do with agricultural irrigation, and the construction of reservoirs upstream.
Nothing can be done to save tGSL other than just moving humans out.
Loss of water to tGSL has more to do with agricultural irrigation, and the construction of reservoirs upstream.
Nothing can be done to save tGSL other than just moving humans out.
This post was edited on 2/21/26 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 2/21/26 at 4:37 pm to Ailsa
Posted on 2/21/26 at 5:29 pm to Ailsa
128 million gallons per year is really kind of small. The new Exxon/Saudi ethylene plant in drought stricken Corpus Christi uses 20 million gallons per DAY for turbine exhaust cooling. They chose low capital evaporative cooling towers when they should have used fin fan condensers that waste no water. The partner knew better. I managed the utilities for the partners first ethylene plant in Saudi Arabia in 1985. FinFans worked great
Posted on 2/21/26 at 6:01 pm to Ailsa
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I'd like to see an end to the thousands of data centers being built.
Unfortunately, not being on the forefront of that might be an existential threat too.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 6:01 pm to Trevaylin
Yep a combined cycle 3 1 on 1s will use upwards of 1.2 billion gallons a year. About 80% is lost to evaporation.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 6:16 pm to Trevaylin
At my last job, I worked with CP to try to get an old ECT replaced with FF. They shot our bid down and decided a project costing $1million more to bring the admin building up to more inclusive standards was more important.
One of the big reasons I left.
One of the big reasons I left.
This post was edited on 2/21/26 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 2/21/26 at 6:25 pm to Ailsa
Great Salt Lake is about 9.8 trillion gallons.
128 million gallons a year is a literal drop in the bucket.
128 million gallons a year is a literal drop in the bucket.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 6:33 pm to deeprig9
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Great Salt Lake is about 9.8 trillion gallons.
128 million gallons a year is a literal drop in the bucket.
And it's also full of salt... saltier than the ocean.
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