@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-211 months agoAI will capture carbon through reverse buzzwordolysismidwest.socialimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1548arrow-down127
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•11 months agoWell obviously the little people who live in the computer get thirsty because it’s so hot in there
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-211 months agoCooling uses freshwater and often drinking water
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-211 months agoThat’s crazy, they should use heat pumps and maybe underground refrigerant loops instead.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoAll data centers use lots of water for cooling.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThe water is mostly returned to the watershed, from what I understand. Except the bits that evaporate
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 months agoThey primarily use evaporative cooling. Way less energy use, but no, it doesn’t get returned.
minus-square@[email protected]Blinkfedilink2•11 months agoAlso the internet uses massive amounts of water and energy
AI uses water?
Well obviously the little people who live in the computer get thirsty because it’s so hot in there
Oompa-Loompas need their pools
Cooling uses freshwater and often drinking water
That’s crazy, they should use heat pumps and maybe underground refrigerant loops instead.
But that costs money
All data centers use lots of water for cooling.
The water is mostly returned to the watershed, from what I understand. Except the bits that evaporate
They primarily use evaporative cooling. Way less energy use, but no, it doesn’t get returned.
Ah fuck
Also the internet uses massive amounts of water and energy
chip manufacturing uses water