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> using drinking water to cool our servers seems like an exceptionally short-sighted choice for us to make.

In that case "us" is Google, in that server farm specifically. The article mentions there exists better alternatives :

> The National Security Agency cools its Fort Meade, Maryland data center with treated wastewater, touted as an environmental boon and cost savings compared to tap water or aquifer pumping.




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