floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square50fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1379arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down15·1 year agoThe water isn’t dirty. It’s warm. It would use even more energy to cool it. It’s a lose-lose.
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minus-squareelse@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWarm water is the waste product because it’s easier dump the water than to cool the water. Returning the warm water to a usable state is much more expensive at scale.
The water isn’t dirty. It’s warm. It would use even more energy to cool it. It’s a lose-lose.
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Warm water is the waste product because it’s easier dump the water than to cool the water. Returning the warm water to a usable state is much more expensive at scale.