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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

People are using Hank Green's AI water consumption video to dismiss concerns about AI water consumption.

Hanks video is terrible, by the way. It does nothing but encourage people to bicker over non-existent stats while AI companies continue to build data center kingdoms in poor communities.

Poster 1 quote tweet: hey bro you forgot to put the hashtag for the "how many lies can you make up in one post" contest OPPoster 2: Data centers. They raise our electric bills and steal millions of pure ground water daily. They don't pay for the massive electricity they use. Raising our bills. They use pure ground water, millions of gallons a day to cool the computers. Progress yo! Poster 2: Dumbass Screenshot of search results: Al Overview Yes, data centers use a tremendous amount of water, primarily for cooling their hot servers, with large facilities consuming millions of gallons daily, impacting local water supplies, especially in arid regions, and this usage is increasing with Al growth. This water is used directly for evaporative cooling and indirectly for electricity generation, making data centers significant water consumers, sometimes equivalent to small towns.
Poster 1: shares video of Hank Green water consumption