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Data centers can use significant amounts of water for cooling and through indirect electricity production.

South County Water and City of Monroe's Water Treatment Plant stated they would need to evaluate the specific water needs of a data center before determining if they could provide service.

Data centers can use a lot of water.

According to a USA Today story , a center can directly use 500,000 gallons of water each day through its cooling process that keeps servers from overheating. Data centers also use water indirectly through electricity production.

If a data center were to be built in Monroe County, is there currently enough water to operate it while also serving current residential and business customers? A data center is currently proposed in Dundee To

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