• T. Hex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      I thought the majority of their water consumption is indirect via electricity consumption. If we could stop burning freaking coal that would be a start.

      But yes, also stop using potable water for evaporative cooling!!

    • gurty@lemmy.world
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      I’m dumb as a brick - why can’t they build the AI centres in very cold regions and just pump air in and out?

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        Hey, making food is something we need. Hallucination bots are a new, unnecessary use of water in a time when water is already becoming scarcer due to global warming. Stop sane washing their massive waste, thanks!

      • crimson_iris@piefed.social
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        1 month ago

        Just because other sectors/industries use more doesn’t mean what AI data centers use isn’t a horrible waste of a limited resource we need to survive.