Comment by diggan
In the video he paints the picture of asking for "a million gallons of water one time" VS asking for "a million gallons of water per hour", that cannot possible be a faithful comparison.
For these new planned data centers, realistically, what would the "one-time" volume be VS how much they would need per hour/day? And not some straw-man argument like what the guy in the video said.
It's a fairly shallow info pop piece that feels more like a commercial. The only point with regards to this discussion (and assuming it is not all just a lie, which I did not investigate, so it might just be): You can have a closed system that does not "use up" water.