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 - eviltoast
“They were pretty secretive on what they’re doing out there,” says a former mayor about Microsoft’s data center projects.
  • bhmnscmm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.