ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days agoImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up11.44Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.43Karrow-down1imageImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square226fedilink
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 days agoThey’re probably using cooling towers, which cool through evaporation. They should be using reclaimed though.
minus-squareSL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 days agoAs long as it is cheaper to buy water, then evaporate it, big firms will continue to do so. With a COP of around 15 and up it is difficult to argue with the economy of this. Local regulation would be required, but that would need politicians who don’t suck.
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoThis is the right answer. They use evaporative cooling. Which does save a lot of power so they can claim to be “green”.
minus-squarebitwolf@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHmm, I wonder if that plays into the wild and frequent thunderstorms in Texas now. Its got to be the data centers or global warming overall (and its shifting of the Jetstream’s).
They’re probably using cooling towers, which cool through evaporation. They should be using reclaimed though.
As long as it is cheaper to buy water, then evaporate it, big firms will continue to do so.
With a COP of around 15 and up it is difficult to argue with the economy of this.
Local regulation would be required, but that would need politicians who don’t suck.
This is the right answer. They use evaporative cooling. Which does save a lot of power so they can claim to be “green”.
Hmm, I wonder if that plays into the wild and frequent thunderstorms in Texas now.
Its got to be the data centers or global warming overall (and its shifting of the Jetstream’s).