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New: AI data centers’ indirect water use - water consumed by power plants to generate electricity for power-hungry server farms - is magnitudes larger than the facilities’ onsite water consumption and is largely undisclosed. Free link. With @mchediak.bsky.social
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AI's Water Strain Includes Surging Demand From Electricity Use
It takes a lot of water to generate the power consumed by server farms.