Comment on A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply

bob_wiley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• PM_ME_CUTE_ASLANS@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  People should be getting priority over AI.

  When the robot revolution begins, they’re going to come after you.

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  • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is why I say please and thank you to Alexa (also to model appropriate behavior for my young kids).

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• bhmnscmm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I live here and people are getting priority over AI?

  Iowa isn’t like many states where there is a water scarcity. This cooling water isn’t even being consumed. It’s used for cooling and returned to the waste water system.

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  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • bhmnscmm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pretty much, unfortunately.

      Nobody wants to talk about all the wind energy used to run these data centers either, because that won’t generate any outrage.

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    • stranger@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We live in a society

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  • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That would be considered consumed.

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    • bhmnscmm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not really. At least not in the sense that it’s a net loss of water downstream.

      It’s not like irrigation or bottling, where water is entirely removed from the system and not returned.

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      • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It is removed from the system. It’s not practically immediately recoverable. The capacity to supply that water has been spent.

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• stigmata@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  At Meta we have a massive system for cutting out our net effect on water for the local area. I’m in NM and the DC here is almost actually adding to the water. I can’t imagine Microsoft would behind as to not do this. It’s an open design.

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