Comment by dom96 1 hour ago Why aren’t the data centres just honest about their water usage if it’s seemingly so low? 4 comments dom96 Reply flippingheck 1 hour ago Transparency is not the same thing as honesty.Companies might want to avoid this being used as a side channel to infer the amount of their compute.Companies might want to avoid setting a precedent where activists can demand such information.Companies might want to avoid the effort of publishing this data, or the risk of publishing incorrect data. tptacek 1 hour ago I don't understand your question. I'm commenting on the figures we know from this report. I don't have to work out the motives behind them to evaluate whether they're material (they are not). mhh__ 42 minutes ago Because the marketing teams don't do numbers and it's a high risk strategy heaney-555 25 minutes ago They are, and people just accuse them of lying!Facts & reason do nothing to a moral panic.
flippingheck 1 hour ago Transparency is not the same thing as honesty.Companies might want to avoid this being used as a side channel to infer the amount of their compute.Companies might want to avoid setting a precedent where activists can demand such information.Companies might want to avoid the effort of publishing this data, or the risk of publishing incorrect data.
tptacek 1 hour ago I don't understand your question. I'm commenting on the figures we know from this report. I don't have to work out the motives behind them to evaluate whether they're material (they are not).
heaney-555 25 minutes ago They are, and people just accuse them of lying!Facts & reason do nothing to a moral panic.
Transparency is not the same thing as honesty.
Companies might want to avoid this being used as a side channel to infer the amount of their compute.
Companies might want to avoid setting a precedent where activists can demand such information.
Companies might want to avoid the effort of publishing this data, or the risk of publishing incorrect data.
I don't understand your question. I'm commenting on the figures we know from this report. I don't have to work out the motives behind them to evaluate whether they're material (they are not).
Because the marketing teams don't do numbers and it's a high risk strategy
They are, and people just accuse them of lying!
Facts & reason do nothing to a moral panic.