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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
tiotasram@kolektiva.social ("Tiota Sram") wrote:
@fromjason you're correct here. This article is about power, not water, but I've seen concerns about similar impacts due to water use:
Whenever anyone starts quibbling about how per-query costs are low or some other such nonsense, you can remind yourself (and/or them): if these costs were so low, why would datacenter construction be canceling housing construction? In the middle of a housing shortage and homelessness crisis? It doesn't matter how low the marginal cost is if the (overhyped projected) volume results in significant opportunity costs.