"#Microsoft built a data centre in the northwestern Netherlands despite opposition from local farmers, promising it would only need between 12 and 20 million litres of water annually. Dutch media later revealed the data centre was consuming more than four times that — as locals were being asked to limit their own water use. " #Tech #Environment #ClimateChange cc: @cbcnews https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684
Thirsty AI data centres are coming to Canada, with little scrutiny or oversight | CBC News

Canada is poised to join the data centre boom. But as such projects face greater scrutiny around the world, there is little debate here about what this will mean for the country’s water.

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@7sleepersmusic @cbcnews Or, let them build their data center, and only give them the water they claimed they would use... If there is a way to limit farmers water usage, there is a way to limit their usage too.