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Genuine question. Is the whole "AI guzzles gallons of water" thing totally true,

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2 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 15 May 2026
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28 Jul
AI water usage per 100 tokens
OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligence
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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
17 Oct
For those in the industry: Is "AI" going to eventually get more thermally efficient?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don't understand how it all works really, but I do know a lot about how cooling works. Is &quot;AI&quot; as it is right now a brute force

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN 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
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
10 Apr
Thought on data center

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>In my opinion, the biggest bottleneck for AI and its future capabilities is not data, models, or funding it is data centers. More specifically,

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
6 Jul
AI's Water Bill: The Data Center Backlash Is Here

<p>In February, city officials in Cheyenne, Wyoming discovered something in their reclaimed water system that shouldn't have been there: <em>Cupriavidus gilardii</em>, a rare

REPORT · WHERE · Dev.toOPEN STORY
29 May
Why do ai centres use freshwater?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Based on how people keep saying that ai cooling centres use a lot of water, and it makes us run out of freshwater faster, I am wondering why they

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN 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
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