• aramis87@fedia.io
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    12 days ago

    two high-capacity water connections were not being properly monitored. One had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and another was not tied to a billing account.

    Yeah, you don’t just “accidentally” install an “extra” water pipeline like that.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      12 days ago

      Funny story there.

      I once moved in to a property development where the development collectively paid for water access.

      The water was turned on for the developers during construction, but when construction was finished, the city closed the account without remembering to transfer to the strata. So the strata went for almost 10 years without paying beyond the base rate for water, before someone investigated. At that point, the city only back-dated the water use bill to the start of the year, thankfully for the homeowners.

      So yeah, it happens, probably pretty regularly.

  • Akh@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Got to keep these servers cool so elon can have grok generate porn…

  • Gork@sopuli.xyz
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    12 days ago

    $147,474 / 29,000,000 gal = $0.0051 / gal

    A homeowner in Fayetteville GA would probably be paying anywhere from $30-$80 or so per month, but they certainly aren’t getting nearly as much water per dollar as this data center.