floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoA.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 supplyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down117cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgenergia@feddit.it
arrow-up1423arrow-down1external-linkA.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 supplyfortune.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square55fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgenergia@feddit.it
minus-squareZima@kbin.socialcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoyou might be right but some numbers might back up your claim. I doubt that servers could heat water as much as a nuclear reactor. datacenter coolers certainly don't have to pressurize the water to prevent it from boiling, it doesn't get that hot.
you might be right but some numbers might back up your claim. I doubt that servers could heat water as much as a nuclear reactor. datacenter coolers certainly don't have to pressurize the water to prevent it from boiling, it doesn't get that hot.