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AI Will Consume as Much Water as a Billion People By 2030, UN Report Estimates (futurism.com)

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Is this a conversion of or without the power costs?

[–] EnderofGames@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The water footprint comes from cooling and powering the data centers, and the land footprint comes from the energy infrastructure and supply chains that go into building and running them.

Addressing AI’s environmental impact won’t be as straightforward as transitioning to greener sources of power, the report warns. Ditching coal in favor of bioenergy could slash carbon emissions associated with electricity costs by 70 percent, but cause the water footprint to surge by 30 times, and the land footprint by 100 times.

Assuming this is what you are asking, the water consumption (and land footprint) is calculated from all power use.

[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Has anyone calculated where the tipping point of no more survival for living things that need water, with their water consumption protections, that you know of?