jbz🌊 Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies
｢ “Water used for AI computing is mostly ‘blue water.’ It is fresh water from rivers and lakes, which humans could use directly. Industries are growing, the global water cycle is out of balance, and we need to conserve more,” said Shaolei Ren, an electrical engineering professor at the University of California, Riverside. ｣
Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies
Washington state is home to about 126 artificial intelligence data centers. These data centers evaporate millions of gallons of freshwater each day to provide cooling, but at the cost of draining local resources. The rapid expansion of these data centers strains regional drinking water supplies, as well as increasing blackout risk due to the high...
Alice Harper