As droughts spread across Spain, the US, and elsewhere, communities are battling water-hungry data centers; Meta expects a €1B facility to use 665M liters/year
With drought spreading around the globe, battles over water are erupting between AI companies seeking more computing power …
Tech companies have typically located data centers based on access to cheap power, but as electricity grids in places like Ireland and the Netherlands come under strain they are moving further afield, to more drought-prone places like Spain/Italy https://www.bloomberg.com/...
NEW: Water-guzzling data centers are becoming even thirstier with the rise of generative AI — exacerbating tensions in the communities where they are located With @clarahenz https://www.bloomberg.com/...
“The team has also calculated that every short conversation of 20 to 50 questions and answers with ChatGPT represents about 500 milliliters of water.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...