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Artificial intelligence guzzles billions of liters of water (feddit.de)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/5792180

Original link: https://english.elpais.com/technology/2023-11-15/artificial-intelligence-guzzles-billions-of-liters-of-water.html

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I don’t how that should make me feel any better 😀 . But I don’t know if ground is a good enough sink for that.

The ground temp in Utah for instance is like 50 degrees F roughly all year long. Coiling tubing under the parking lots of these facilities should be enough to remove all the heat and potentially melt all the snow during the winter.

I don’t think they’re going to consider renewables for cooling alone when the entire operation needs enormous amounts of power that cannot be satisfied by renewables.

I'm not talking for cooling but powering the servers. Something renewables could do if they don't have to power air conditioning for the servers.