In Latin America, data centre plans fuel water worries


Google's plans for a second data centre in the region have irked drought-hit Uruguayans forced to make do with brackish tap water. — AP

BUENOS AIRES: Uruguay's devastating drought was at its peak when President Luis Lacalle Pou took an unexpected question from a young student during a visit to a primary school in the capital: "Why is the water so salty?"

"We have to wait for the rain," Lacalle Pou replied. "We must save our water only for essential needs."

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