sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down112
arrow-up1413arrow-down1external-linkBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.edusanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squarecrimson_iris@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoJust 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.
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.