"The operation of AI will require 14,500 square kilometres of land"
I'm always so confused by articles that try to scare you with big numbers. We have tons of land. Land is one of the few things we are not at all running out of, especially in the USA. The USA is 9,372,610 square kilometers. 1% of that is 93,000, so this is like 0.2% of the US?
It's such a transparent scare tactic, and a clear sign the article isn't interested in raising any credible concerns - just rabble rousing.
Not to mention that there are different types of water cooled data centers. We can pass regulations to force them to use the type that does not use evaporative cooling.
"The operation of AI will require 14,500 square kilometres of land"
I'm always so confused by articles that try to scare you with big numbers. We have tons of land. Land is one of the few things we are not at all running out of, especially in the USA. The USA is 9,372,610 square kilometers. 1% of that is 93,000, so this is like 0.2% of the US?
It's such a transparent scare tactic, and a clear sign the article isn't interested in raising any credible concerns - just rabble rousing.
Not to mention that there are different types of water cooled data centers. We can pass regulations to force them to use the type that does not use evaporative cooling.
Does it cost more? Yes.
Can they afford it? Yes.
That's nothing... at the current rate, datacenters will consume the total energy input of earth's biosphere by 2100!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GQbS34OkMF6q9r0ZyuSv...
The sun will remain the largest consumer of water for a very long time.
"B"
Because "billion" was too hard to type.
So..what you are saying is that the movie Oblivion is a documentary.
Well the way its going, we will have so much more water when the iceburg(s) start really melting so problem solved right? lol