Makes no sense. (I know that there are countries without proper regulation, but) around here they would simply not be allowed to use that much water.
They would need to build them in a way to not use that much water for cooling, and this would be controlled by officials during planning,build and operation.
There’s also another option that none of them seem to be pushing: if AI is as disruptive as they say, there’s always the option to pull the plug. That they won’t even consider this choice suggests that their appeals to the toiling masses aren’t in good faith — which at this point should be obvious to just about everyone.
There's still this other question: Who will it be who pulls these plugs?
We are absolutely free from prejudices, aren't we?
And clichés?
Say, isn't it a woman there in the picture, wearing these glasses? Oh, surely it is just because we always need a women for the title picture, don't we? Still no cliches, I am sure.
Therefore there are (or: need to be) laws and courts who can check even the actions of governments.