Dave McCormick: “These [data centers] are closed loop systems. So almost all…”

“So number one, always more energy than they use at least as much as they use. Number two, the water issue, where people are worried about water, it's got to be. It's. These [data centers] are closed loop systems. So almost all the water is recycled. So they're not ongoing using the water, they're recyclable water. So that's generally not been a problem in any of the places they've been cited.” (05:22–22:42)

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