• crusa187@lemmy.ml
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    11 days ago

    As someone whose neighboring local gov’t just concluded a back room deal with Google to give them unfettered access to our drinking water for cooling at a new data center for ai slop generation, this blows.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      11 days ago

      What happened to Microsoft’s idea of having data centres on platforms out in the ocean and just using sea water?

      • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        11 days ago

        i imagine they’re significantly more expensive than staying on land and abusing existing water sources that offer pre-processed water