数据中心耗水量被夸大：仅相当于美国高尔夫球场灌溉用水的4%
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数据中心耗水被骂很久了，这篇直接拿数据对比高尔夫球场，只有4%，看完可能会改变你的认知。
一条推文引用Han等人2026年的研究指出，2024年美国大型数据中心现场耗水量估计为190亿至230亿加仑。这一数字仅为同年美国高尔夫球场灌溉用水5320亿加仑的约4%（GCSAA，2025年数据）。作者认为，数据中心大量消耗美国水资源的说法不成立，许多相关传言属于错误信息。
原文 · kimmonismus
The claim that data centers are a large drain on the nation's water does not hold up. Its just false.
In 2024, large U.S. data centers consumed an estimated 19–23 billion gallons on site (Han et al., 2026). For scale, that’s about 4% of the 532 billion gallons U.S. golf courses applied for irrigation that same year (GCSAA, 2025). The golf figure includes recycled water, and the data-center figure covers on-site consumption only.
There are so many false statements about data centers that, given better knowledge, must be labeled as lies.
