Small Bottle, Big Pipe: Quantifying and Addressing the Impact of Data Centers on Public Water Systems · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.02705/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTSmall Bottle, Big Pipe: Quantifying and Addressing the Impact of Data Centers on Public Water Systems — mentioned by variety8675https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774874urn:hackerpapers:mention:2603.02705:48774874Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:36:48 GMT<p>Obviously water is renewable, but the constraint here is finite public water system capacity. When that capacity is allocated to data centers less is available for other community needs. See https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.02705</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.02705/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CY