floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supplyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1420arrow-down117
arrow-up1403arrow-down1external-linkA.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supplyfortune.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down4·1 year agoI live here and people are getting priority over AI? Iowa isn’t like many states where there is a water scarcity. This cooling water isn’t even being consumed. It’s used for cooling and returned to the waste water system.
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minus-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoPretty much, unfortunately. Nobody wants to talk about all the wind energy used to run these data centers either, because that won’t generate any outrage.
minus-squareForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoThat would be considered consumed.
I live here and people are getting priority over AI?
Iowa isn’t like many states where there is a water scarcity. This cooling water isn’t even being consumed. It’s used for cooling and returned to the waste water system.
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Pretty much, unfortunately.
Nobody wants to talk about all the wind energy used to run these data centers either, because that won’t generate any outrage.
We live in a society
That would be considered consumed.