← Back to context Comment by dom96 1 hour ago Why aren’t the data centres just honest about their water usage if it’s seemingly so low? 3 comments dom96 Reply flippingheck 22 minutes 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. mhh__ 5 minutes ago Because the marketing teams don't do numbers and it's a high risk strategy tptacek 22 minutes 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).
flippingheck 22 minutes 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 22 minutes 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).
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.
Because the marketing teams don't do numbers and it's a high risk strategy
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).