▲ 105 ▼ Data centers are drying up the Port of Marseille: ‘They consume enormous amounts of electricity’ (english.elpais.com) submitted 11 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TRock@feddit.dk 15 points 11 months ago (4 children) Where does the water go? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] vane@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (2 children) To the cloud permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) Nestle: Water-as-a-Service you say? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vane@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* Me ? I'm nobody but that lady from WEF have something to say about water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfUHn4ZxiE Also some wall street boys started trading water futures 5 years ago so expect we all run out of water soon. You nailed future plan. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago Thanks dad. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SMillerNL@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago It’s used for cooling, so in the atmosphere. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 months ago Vapor into atmosphere and goes down somewhere else as rain. the bigger issue for me is , the billions of litres of water sitting in warehouses packaged as bottles , cans , food as in soups , and more its literally water missing in the natures recycling circle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago Water? From the article: In some places, the main criticism that residents have about data centers has to do with the amount of water they consume to cool servers. This isn’t the case in Marseille, however, which is well-supplied with this resource. The "drying up" in the headline refers to electricity consumption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vane@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (2 children) To the cloud permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) Nestle: Water-as-a-Service you say? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vane@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* Me ? I'm nobody but that lady from WEF have something to say about water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfUHn4ZxiE Also some wall street boys started trading water futures 5 years ago so expect we all run out of water soon. You nailed future plan. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago Thanks dad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 child) Nestle: Water-as-a-Service you say? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vane@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* Me ? I'm nobody but that lady from WEF have something to say about water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfUHn4ZxiE Also some wall street boys started trading water futures 5 years ago so expect we all run out of water soon. You nailed future plan. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vane@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* Me ? I'm nobody but that lady from WEF have something to say about water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfUHn4ZxiE Also some wall street boys started trading water futures 5 years ago so expect we all run out of water soon. You nailed future plan. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SMillerNL@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago It’s used for cooling, so in the atmosphere. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 months ago Vapor into atmosphere and goes down somewhere else as rain. the bigger issue for me is , the billions of litres of water sitting in warehouses packaged as bottles , cans , food as in soups , and more its literally water missing in the natures recycling circle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago Water? From the article: In some places, the main criticism that residents have about data centers has to do with the amount of water they consume to cool servers. This isn’t the case in Marseille, however, which is well-supplied with this resource. The "drying up" in the headline refers to electricity consumption. permalink fedilink source parent