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The Hill
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Howard Lutnick defends AI data centers amid backlash
September 3, 2026 - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Wednesday that data centers “don’t use water” despite the facilities’ significant water usage raising concerns for communities that may host them. In…
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HuffPost
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Howard Lutnick Just Contradicted Howard Lutnick On AI Data Centers | HuffPost Latest News
September 2, 2026 - They need water.” · Here’s a cut of both of Lutnick’s contradictory statements, courtesy of MeidasTouch senior digital editor Acyn Torabi. Lutnick: Data centers don't use water. This is propaganda by our adversaries to try to slow us down. ...
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Wonderwall
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Howard Lutnick Claims Data Centers Do Not Use Water
September 3, 2026 - Howard Lutnick claimed data centers did not use water, contradicting his earlier remarks and available water-use estimates.
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Reddit
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r/water on Reddit: "Data centers don't use water": Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick laughs on CNBC, calling public concern over AI water consumption "propaganda by our adversaries"
September 2, 2026 - Lutnick is a Nutwick. ... Data centers don't use water and Howard never visited Epstein Island after Epstein was a known pedophile ... Data Centers are a double edged sword. We can't progress without them, and w/e owns them will have the ...
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Raw Story
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Trump official instantly ridiculed over flip-flop on data centers: ‘Is this parody?’ - Raw Story
September 2, 2026 - “I mean, data centers don’t use water,” Lutnick said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “This is propaganda by our adversaries to try to slow us down.” · But a clip from Lutnick’s appearance with Fox News' Sean Hannity last ...
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We Got This Covered
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Howard Lutnick says 'data centers don't use water,' and the nationwide opposition is apparently 'propaganda by our adversaries to try to slow us down'
September 3, 2026 - Lutnick: Data centers don't use water. This is propaganda by our adversaries to try to slow us down. Lutnick last year: These AI things suck water. They need water. pic.twitter.com/CRHkBQ9rka— Acyn (@Acyn) September 2, 2026 · A 2024 report ...
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SGT Report
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick Contradicts Himself—2025: “Data Centers Suck Water.” 2026: “Data Centers Don’t Use Water.” | SGT Report
The number one product in America that uses water is cattle. I mean, data centers don’t use water. This is propaganda by our adversaries to try to slow us down.” [1] ... About a year earlier on Fox News with Sean Hannity, he said the opposite. “These AI things suck water.
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International Business Times
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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Claims Data Centres 'Don't Use Water' Despite 66 Billion Litres Consumed in 2023 | IBTimes UK
September 3, 2026 - US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faces intense scrutiny after claiming AI data centres 'don't really consume any water' Daniel Torok / Wikimedia Commons
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Hoodline
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Lutnick's Data Center Water Claims Contradicted by Federal Data
1 month ago - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed concerns about artificial-intelligence data centers' water consumption this week, telling viewers that the facilities do not use water at all and calling the broader controversy propaganda spread by ...
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Benzinga
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Howard Lutnick Calls AI Data Center Water Concerns ‘Propaganda by Our Adversaries’ — Federal Research Tel - Benzinga
September 3, 2026 - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed concerns about artificial-intelligence data centers’ water consumption Wednesday, saying "data centers don’t use water" and calling the criticism "propaganda by our adversaries" as communities increasingly push back against large AI infrastructure projects.
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The Mirror
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Trump's commerce secretary wildly claims data centers 'don't use water' - The Mirror US
September 2, 2026 - Howard Lutnick appeared on CNBC on Wednesday, and when the topic of data centers and the pushback to them came up, he was adamant that data centers do not "use water" as he laughed off and called it "propaganda"
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Natural News
naturalnews.com › 2026-09-03-shocking-truth-about-water-guzzling-hyperscale-data-centers.html
The Shocking Truth About Water-Guzzling Hyperscale Data Centers – NaturalNews.com
September 3, 2026 - The Commerce Secretary’s Dangerous Delusion We are witnessing one of the most breathtaking acts of public deception in modern history, and it centers on the simple claim that artificial intelligence data centers don’t consume water. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently stood before the public and declared that data centers don’t use water.
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Substack
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The Shocking Truth About Water-Guzzling Hyperscale Data Centers
September 3, 2026 - Howard Lutnick recently stood before the public and declared that data centers don’t use water. This is not just inaccurate; it is a dangerous, deliberate lie designed to obscure the true environmental catastrophe of the AI ...
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Common Dreams
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Trump Commerce Secretary Once Said Data Centers ‘Suck Water,’ Now Scoffs That Such Concerns Are Just ‘Propaganda’ | Common Dreams
September 2, 2026 - "Data centers don't use water," laughed Howard Lutnick during an interview. In fact, across seven states, they use about 3.4 trillion gallons of it per year.
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AOL
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Lutnick claims that data centers, known for water consumption, ‘don’t use water’ - AOL
September 2, 2026 - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ... host them. In an interview with CNBC, Lutnick said, “One of my favorite things is when people talk about data centers using water....