sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down113
arrow-up1410arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squarecrimson_iris@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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.