floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supplyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1325arrow-down1external-linkA.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supplyfortune.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoi don’t think that’s right. can you substantiate that?
minus-squareaeternum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agooh, you know what? it’s actually worse. significantly worse. It’s 34-76 trillion gallons annually, https://www.cowspiracy.com/facts Animal agriculture water consumption ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons annually. [ii] [xv] “Summary of Estimated Water Use in the United States in 2005”. United States Geological Service Pimentel, David, et al. “Water Resources: Agricultural and Environmental Issues”. BioScience. (2004) 54 (10): 909-918
i don’t think that’s right. can you substantiate that?
oh, you know what? it’s actually worse. significantly worse. It’s 34-76 trillion gallons annually, https://www.cowspiracy.com/facts