Comment by ThereYourGo
3 months ago
The issue is that they need fresh water for evaporative cooling.
Much of the world experiences fresh water scarcity, so it's not the best ethics to divert this resource from people in need to tech of uncertain value.
Check out the impact xAI is having on environment and health in Memphis if you want to go further down the rabbit hole.
Maybe people shouldn't be building data centers in deserts. In the city of Toronto the Deep Lake Water Cooling System uses water taken from Lake Ontario used for drinking water to cool a number of buildings. Most notably 151 Front Street West which houses the data centers routing most of the Internet in Ontario.