People should be getting priority over AI. If the datacenter has a lot of water needs they can create a closed loop and filter their own water as part of that loop, if it’s really worth it to them.
I used to work at a datacenter and when the power would go out we’d be the last ones to get turned back on. They would either turn on half the city or us, and they chose the people first, as they should. We had generators to get us though.
I live here and people are getting priority over AI?
Iowa isn’t like many states where there is a water scarcity. This cooling water isn’t even being consumed. It’s used for cooling and returned to the waste water system.
At Meta we have a massive system for cutting out our net effect on water for the local area. I’m in NM and the DC here is almost actually adding to the water. I can’t imagine Microsoft would behind as to not do this. It’s an open design.
People should be getting priority over AI. If the datacenter has a lot of water needs they can create a closed loop and filter their own water as part of that loop, if it’s really worth it to them.
I used to work at a datacenter and when the power would go out we’d be the last ones to get turned back on. They would either turn on half the city or us, and they chose the people first, as they should. We had generators to get us though.
When the robot revolution begins, they’re going to come after you.
This is why I say please and thank you to Alexa (also to model appropriate behavior for my young kids).
I live here and people are getting priority over AI?
Iowa isn’t like many states where there is a water scarcity. This cooling water isn’t even being consumed. It’s used for cooling and returned to the waste water system.
That would be considered consumed.
Not really. At least not in the sense that it’s a net loss of water downstream.
It’s not like irrigation or bottling, where water is entirely removed from the system and not returned.
It is removed from the system. It’s not practically immediately recoverable. The capacity to supply that water has been spent.
At Meta we have a massive system for cutting out our net effect on water for the local area. I’m in NM and the DC here is almost actually adding to the water. I can’t imagine Microsoft would behind as to not do this. It’s an open design.
The water isn’t dirty. It’s warm. It would use even more energy to cool it. It’s a lose-lose.