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1. api · 1791144950 · focus · HN ↗

   It… doesn’t look that bad. Electricity use is sizable. Water which usually gets all this screaming is, well, look up how much a golf course or a large hotel uses.

   1. mitxela · 1791145101 · focus · HN ↗

      Concern about water use is the distraction they caused in the media so we'd too busy thinking about fake issues to think about the real issues.

      1. YetAnotherNick · 1791145571 · focus · HN ↗

         Not a conspiracy theorist, but wait that really sounds effective. Just few months back I was wondering why were big datacenter companies not trying to sway the public that the water usage is low per query or whatever metric.

         There will be protests and cases related to water usage of AI, but none of them would hold any ground. And winning the water case would just make the argument in their favour.

         1. dylan604 · 1791145985 · focus · HN ↗

            Which begs the question of who was the source of the water/electricity FUD?

            1. DANmode · 1791146288 · focus · HN ↗

               You don’t have to create unrest, sometimes you just have to let it go unchecked in the right spots.

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