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CloseUS Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested that data centres don't use water.
According to the International Energy Agency, a data centre in the United States uses around 2 million litres per day on average.
They have become a controversial topic for communities across the US in the run up to November's midterm elections.
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