▲ 421 ▼ A.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 supply (fortune.com) submitted 2 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zima@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zima@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent