sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 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-up1424arrow-down112cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1412arrow-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 · 14 days agomessage-square68linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squarecrimson_iris@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 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.