Jim East@slrpnk.net to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMicrosoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28B liters by 2030, up from 7.9B liters in 2020 and 10.4B liters in 2024www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10cross-posted to: climate_apocalypse@lemmy.dbzer0.comwater@slrpnk.net
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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoCan someone explain to me why this needs to be potable water?
minus-squaredraco_aeneus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt doesn’t need to be potable, but since it’s using evaporative cooling, it does need to be somewhat clean. You don’t want to leave gunk all over your cooling equipment.
Can someone explain to me why this needs to be potable water?
It doesn’t need to be potable, but since it’s using evaporative cooling, it does need to be somewhat clean. You don’t want to leave gunk all over your cooling equipment.