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
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“They were pretty secretive on what they’re doing out there,” says a former mayor about Microsoft’s data center projects.

cross-posted from !microsoft@lemdro.id

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I’m thinking evaporative cooling (paired with refrigerative cooling)

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Well ain’t that the dumbest shit ever. Some of the worlds cleanest water being fed to a machine to hallucinate code that doesn’t work while water scarcity starts to come home to roost.

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Fuck Microsoft

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