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Our Civilization Uses as Much Water as 560 Billion People U.N. Report Implies

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17 Jun
Other feeds and industry voices
6 May
"Water wars."

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1t58p3x/water_wars/"> <img alt="&quot;Water wars.&quot;"

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
1 May
AI Uses Less Water Than the Public Thinks

<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977383">Comments</a>

REPORT · WHAT · Hacker News Best (RSS)OPEN STORY
20 May
Estimated Emissions and Water Consumption from the Proposed Stratos Data Center

&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SnoozeDoggyDog"> /u/SnoozeDoggyDog </a> <br /> <span><a

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
29 Mar
Is the use of water by AI a real issue?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>specifically, I want to find out how much water data centres are using as a comparable figure such as gallons per minute. (and also do they use

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
15 May
Genuine question. Is the whole "AI guzzles gallons of water" thing totally true, or do people get it wrong? Does AI consume a lot of water for every single prompt, or is the majority of water consumed during data farming? Don't non-AI data centers use up a lot of water on cooling too?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Please someone set me straight and dispel whether there are myths surrounding this often-repeated internet factoid</p> <p>And I genuinely don't

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
7 May
"Listend to your feedback: Corrected: global water consumption by industry (fixed bitcoin/datacenters values + added steel (iea/fao data)"

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1t64vui/listend_to_your_feedback_corrected_global_water/"> <img alt="&quot;Listend to your feedback: Corrected:

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
27 Mar
Meta Doubles Down in Texas – $10 Billion AI Data Center, 1 GW Power, and a Massive Clean Energy Push

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OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
12 May
Data center used 30 million gallons of water without initially paying

&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TryWhistlin"> /u/TryWhistlin </a> <br /> <span><a

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
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