IMO evaporative cooling should be illegal at a certain scale. Water is valuable.
They should be forced to use salt water for their AI data center cooling, and use the evaporated water to get fresh water.
I fear the environmental impact of replacing tubes and fixing leaks etc would be greater than the what we win on fresh water.
Don’t understand me wrong, the idea is pretty good, but salt water is no joke to manage, especially when you vepe it, I mean the salt goes anywhere.
They would be free to build desalination plants before feeding the water into their data centers.
Water is essential and we keep fucking with it. Sewage, mining/fracking debris, data centers, runoff, garbage.
Sorry 😭
You may just have the perfect Lemmy name! That is all.
May many respiratorially-challenged small dogs bless you, my child ✋
This is the respiratorially-challenged small dog that regularly blesses me by snoring like a freight train. Can be awkward on conference calls if I forget to mute.
They’re so precious! 🥺
Absolutely!!!
❤️🐶
The other day I saw a post with a picture of a baby elephant. The source was provided, a published imagine in a magazine long predating what we’re calling AI. Without a doubt a real photo.
Still, the comments were chock full of people absolutely certain it was AI generated. People even added in red arrows and circles pointing out their “proof”. The possibility of AI-generated content has created some kind of collective psychosis.
Also Coca Cola has a factory in Atarot, Occupied Palestine
Boycott Israel means boycott Coca Cola
My girlfriend is Palestinian. She was born and raised there, and lived there until about ten years ago when she came to the USA. I totally get what you are saying, but even she has a Coke every once in awhile. I’m not sure what to think about that!
How dare you!? Think of the Investor’s Money! Mega yachts don’t buy themselves!
Why are making yourself “clean” when that water could be used to generate profit making?
Cat: can’t you just lick yourself, stupid human?
Any reason the background is Mr. Rogers house?
Not the creator, but Im assuming its the same reason for kitty kat, comfortable imagery lures us in for the text to smack us with some uncomfortable (honestly scary) realities.
But remember only you can save the environment by saving water!
Used to be agriculture was using 98% of the water, but we were supposed to take short showers and not flush our toilets. I guess now it’s data centers.
Better we waste it than the corporate slugs
Do these cooling systems need fresh water or does salt water work?
salt water cooling systems are more expensive
Thanks for reminding me. I need to go and take a nice long bath.
