We are all paying much higher utility bills because "AI" uses vast, vast amounts of water and fuel.

But we don't know how much higher, because the "AI" companies are systematically hiding those costs from the public -- and lawmakers/regulators are doing essentially nothing to force disclosure.

https://www.levernews.com/the-unknown-toll-of-the-ai-takeover/

The Unknown Toll Of The AI Takeover

As artificial intelligence guzzles water supplies and jacks up consumers’ electricity rates, why isn’t anyone tracking the resources being consumed?

The Lever
@dangillmor I am much more concerned about the water 'evaporated' cooling their computers--it all moves somewhere!

@dangillmor

Be quite the problem in a country where data centres take up a noticeable amount of infrastructure.

#ireland #DataCentres #cost_of_living

@dangillmor Before any company builds a new data centre they should first build a renewable energy power source big enough to run their building