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1. Miguel Afonso Caetano (remixtures@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Sunday, 01-Sep-2024 08:42:52 JST Miguel Afonso Caetano

   #AI #GenerativeAI #DataCenters #Water #WaterScarcity: "The building of new data centres is increasing demand for water resources. Some data centres are presently located in areas of water stress or are likely to be in the future. Developing cooling technologies which minimise or do not require water is becoming increasingly important. Perhaps AI will find a scalable solution to this problem."

   https://planet-tracker.org/ai-needs-to-reduce-its-water-dependency/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 01-Sep-2024 08:43:23 JST Aral Balkan

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     @remixtures I initially thought the last sentence was a joke. But no, apparently, this is the level of stupid we’re at right now.