Washington Post opinion video reports all U.S. data centers consume less than 0.5 percent of national freshwater, with cooling at 17 billion gallons annually.
Corrects unit-conversion error overstating Chile Google claim by factor of 1,000.
@kyliebytes But that's just not what he said? He said "the rumor of datacentres chugging your water can be traced back to that book" which i think is true to a large extent.
Kylie Robison@kyliebytesthis is the most regressive piece of tech “journalism” i have seen in quite some time claiming that karen hao’s book is what started the backlash against datacenters…. how did someone approve posting this???
@jxnlco They have, but, as with so many other things in life, moderate positive info gets squashed by the hysterical inflammatory outrage.
jason@jxnlcoWhy has ai labs not tried to address this whole water mythology.
#1046Kylie Robison@KYLIEBYTESthis is the most regressive piece of tech “journalism” i have seen in quite some time
claiming that karen hao’s book is what started the backlash against datacenters…. how did someone approve posting this???
Make It Make Sense@themimsshowData centers are not stealing your water
they made this ragebait in a lab just to piss me off specifically
Kylie Robison@kyliebytesthis is the most regressive piece of tech “journalism” i have seen in quite some time claiming that karen hao’s book is what started the backlash against datacenters…. how did someone approve posting this???
#1061@jason@JASON@naval @danushman Especially since I've discovered this new technology called “desalination” that folks in the Middle East and on Islands have pioneered that provides [ checks notes ] all of their water! 😂😂😂
Naval@navalThe latest IQ test involves data centers and water.