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-square59fedilinkarrow-up1429arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1414arrow-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-square59fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarebob_wiley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down5·1 year agoSo this is just click bait to talk about AI, scare people about the environment, and create needless outrage? Sounds about right for Fortune…
minus-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoPretty much, unfortunately. Nobody wants to talk about all the wind energy used to run these data centers either, because that won’t generate any outrage.
So this is just click bait to talk about AI, scare people about the environment, and create needless outrage? Sounds about right for Fortune…
Pretty much, unfortunately.
Nobody wants to talk about all the wind energy used to run these data centers either, because that won’t generate any outrage.
We live in a society