ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 11 months agoImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI don’t understand why AI data centers would CONSUME water. Once they fill up their chiller loops, then… that’s it, right? It’s hard for me to imagine them relying on the temperature of the incoming water, and dumping all the warm water as discharge.
minus-squareForfaden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoFrom what I’ve seen it’s “not worth the effort or expense” to reuse the water. Some of them literally just send tap water through the cooling loops and then into the sewer drains
I don’t understand why AI data centers would CONSUME water. Once they fill up their chiller loops, then… that’s it, right?
It’s hard for me to imagine them relying on the temperature of the incoming water, and dumping all the warm water as discharge.
From what I’ve seen it’s “not worth the effort or expense” to reuse the water. Some of them literally just send tap water through the cooling loops and then into the sewer drains