Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agoAI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in Englandwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkAI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in Englandwww.theguardian.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWell it doesn’t have literal shit in it for starters. If you have a water cooled pc, one end of it isn’t connected to the mains and the other end to the drain. It’s a loop. I can’t see why the same can’t be made true of data centres.
minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoMoney is why, you expect amazon to pay extra money to setup a closed loop system when they could offset the costs to the water company?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoI don’t expect them too, I expect them to be made too. No data centres should be allowed to treat water as an infinite resource.
minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI see you’re labouring under the illusion that the UK government aren’t desperate for AI cash
Well it doesn’t have literal shit in it for starters.
If you have a water cooled pc, one end of it isn’t connected to the mains and the other end to the drain. It’s a loop. I can’t see why the same can’t be made true of data centres.
Money is why, you expect amazon to pay extra money to setup a closed loop system when they could offset the costs to the water company?
I don’t expect them too, I expect them to be made too. No data centres should be allowed to treat water as an infinite resource.
I see you’re labouring under the illusion that the UK government aren’t desperate for AI cash