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And at the expense of consuming massive amounts of energy and depleting our resources—-water, energy—-at an alarming rate.
by xyst 2y ago
And at the expense of consuming massive amounts of energy and depleting our resources—-water, energy—-at an alarming rate.
- gbasin 2y agopardon my ignorance, in what was does it "consume water"? water cooling is closed loop
- 05 2y agoFabs use water in a way that's not closed loop see e.g. [0] [0] https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/07/the-water-challenge-for-semiconductor-manufacturing-and-big-tech-what-needs-to-be-done/ https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/07/the-water-challenge-...
- gbasin 2y agoI see, thanks. Seems just a matter of cost to reclaim it. Maybe regulation is needed
- wegfawefgawefg 2y agothe planet is a water closed loop. the vapor condenses as rain somewhere
- llm_nerd 2y agoData centers do use a lot of water on average. Warmer climate data centers often use evaporative cooling and can run through millions of gallons of water to offload heat. Google's data centers combined chewed through some 6 billion gallons of water last year. Closed systems are much more water-efficient, and are more common in cooler climates.
- danielbln 2y agoNot to say AI doesn't require a lot of power, but I don't know if we need to be alarmist about it: https://engineeringprompts.substack.com/p/does-chatgpt-use-10x-more-energy https://engineeringprompts.substack.com/p/does-chatgpt-use-1... https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/12/generative-ai-the-power-and-the-glory/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/12/generative-ai-the-powe...