AI boom may drain resources: Data centres’ water use could hit 1,068 billion litres by 2028; Morgan Stanley report flags 11x rise by dracogladio1741
December 13, 2025153 countries voted to protect international aid workers from violence. The US was the only country to vote ‘no.’ The stated reason by the State Department is that it is a ploy to advance ‘radical gender ideology.’
3-cent-nickel on December 13, 2025 2:05 pm Are they actually using the water up? If they’re using it for cooling, isn’t it returned to the environment but just a few degrees warmer?
davidlpool1982 on December 13, 2025 2:06 pm Good thing there’s next to no chance of anything catastrophic going to happen to the climate which might have huge water supply consequences. I used to think the water wars would be Continent Vs Continent but now it’s going to be old corporate oligarchy Vs the poors chestnut.
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Are they actually using the water up?
If they’re using it for cooling, isn’t it returned to the environment but just a few degrees warmer?
Good thing there’s next to no chance of anything catastrophic going to happen to the climate which might have huge water supply consequences.
I used to think the water wars would be Continent Vs Continent but now it’s going to be old corporate oligarchy Vs the poors chestnut.