Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 17 days agoAI Data Centers’ Water Consumption Breaks 264 Billion Gallons in 2025 as Devastating Drought Hits Nearly 63% of U.S.www.barchart.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down10cross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialaboringdystopia@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.seus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1154arrow-down1external-linkAI Data Centers’ Water Consumption Breaks 264 Billion Gallons in 2025 as Devastating Drought Hits Nearly 63% of U.S.www.barchart.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 17 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkcross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialaboringdystopia@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.seus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 days agothey also pollute water at some point, and the water comes out hotter, and then the datacenter needs to consume water from the area to cool down thier servers. they dont give any water back.
they also pollute water at some point, and the water comes out hotter, and then the datacenter needs to consume water from the area to cool down thier servers. they dont give any water back.