AI DATACENTERS BOIL AWAY WATER, KILL FUTURE GENERATIONS FOR SHORT TERM PROFIT

“AI server cooling consumes significant water, with data centers using cooling towers and air mechanisms to dissipate heat, causing up to 9 liters of water to evaporate per kWh of energy used.”

“[Meta’s] Data center water withdrawal hit 3,881 megaliters (a megaliter is equal to one million liters), up seven percent.”

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/meta-data-center-electricity-consumption-hits-14975gwh-leased-data-center-use-nearly-doubles/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cindygordon/2024/02/25/ai-is-accelerating-the-loss-of-our-scarcest-natural-resource-water/