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If you want an old school investigative journalism expose on Data Centers...here it is
Google games numbers to make AI look less thirsty
Datacenters' drinking habit exaggerated, claims report comparing apples to oranges AI's drinking habit has been grossly overstated, according to a newly published report from Google, which claims that software advancements have cut Gemini's water consumption per prompt to roughly five drops of water — substantially less than prior estimates.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/googles_gemini_water/
"In 2023, Google operations worldwide consumed 6.4 billion gallons of water (24.2 billion liters), with 95%, 6.1 billion gallons (23.1 billion liters), used by data centers. Google reports that in 2024, the company’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, consumed 1 billion gallons of water (3.8 billion liters), the most of any of its data centers."
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2025/08/inside-water-crisis-of-data-centers.html
#DataCentres to be expanded across #UK as concerns mount
by Zoe Kleinman & Krystina Shveda
8/14/2025
"Data centres, like this one #Google is building in #Hertfordshire, are becoming a more familiar sight across the UK
The number of data centres in the UK is set to increase by almost a fifth, according to figures shared with BBC News.
"Data centres are giant warehouses full of powerful computers used to run digital services from movie streaming to online banking - there are currently an estimated 477 of them in the UK.
"Construction researchers Barbour ABI have analysed planning documents and say that number is set to jump by almost 100, as the growth in artificial intelligence (#AI) increases the need for processing power.
"The majority are due to be built in the next five years.
"However, there are concerns about the huge amount of energy and water the new data centres will consume.
"Some experts have warned it could drive up prices paid by #consumers.
More than half of the new data centres would be in London and neighbouring counties.
"Many are privately funded by US #TechGiants such as Google and Microsoft and major #investment firms.
"A further nine are planned in Wales, one in #Scotland, five in #GreaterManchester and a handful in other parts of the UK, the data shows.
"While the new data centres are mostly due for completion by 2030, the biggest single one planned would come later - a ÂŁ10-billion AI data centre in #Blyth, near #Newcastle, for the American private investment and wealth management company #Blackstone Group.
"It would involve building 10 giant buildings covering 540,000 square meters - the size of several large shopping centres - on the site of a former #BlythPowerStation.
"Works are set to begin in 2031 and last for more than three years.
"#Microsoft is planning four new data centres in the UK at a total cost of ÂŁ330 million, with an estimated completion between 2027 and 2029 - two in the #Leeds area, one near Newport in #Wales, and a five-storey site in Acton, north west London.
"And Google is building two data centres, totalling ÂŁ450m, spread over 400,000 sq m in north east London in the #LeeValley water system."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyr9nx0jrzo
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GukDh
#NoNukesForAI #WaterIsLife #ElectricityUsage #WaterUsage #TechBros #Capitalism #BigTech #BigTechIsWatchingYou #Datacenters #chatbots #InvestmentFirms
Tucson, Arizona city council votes unanimously to boot a proposed Amazon data center off of an upcoming planning agenda meeting.
The project isn’t dead, but future attempts will be approached with more scrutiny in terms of forfeiting city water and resources for some big dumb data center.
The Tucson city council voted unanimously Wednesday against bringing the massive and water-devouring Project Blue data center — tied to tech giant Amazon — into city limits. After weeks of escalating public outrage over the lack of transparency around Project Blue, the council voted to end negotiations and remove the annexation and development agreement from […]
AI: making nuclear clean and cool again
Fermi America has enlisted South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) to design and build the nuclear heart of a vast private power grid aimed squarely at fueling next-generation artificial-intelligence workloads in Texas.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-grid-power-us-ai-centers
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
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Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Science #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Water #NASA #Data
Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
Alberta Municipality Declares Farm Disaster Due to Drought, Approves Water-Guzzling Data Centre Plan
#SturgeonLake #CreeNation (#SLCN) Chief Sheldon Sunshine said he learned about the project through social media, despite the project being proposed for the Nation’s traditional lands.
“It seems like it was all worked on well before us, and then we’re an afterthought, and it should never be that way,” said Sunshine in an interview.
#AISucks #DataCenters #Drought #ClimateChange #AI #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousNews
An Alberta municipality that declared an agricultural disaster earlier this month due to drought is moving forward with plans to host the “largest AI computer data centre on Earth,” which could drain millions of litres of water every day from the watershed.
Ketan Joshi
Pusher of Pixels
George Monbiot
The Register
DoomsdaysCW
David Chartier
Gerry McGovern
ProPublica