Well I think the perspective on water is that a lot of these data centers aren’t paying market price for water, and are leaving residents in the area with less water available
the difference is that AI is just a computer program
replacing coal plant with gas plant has it still using resources
a data center being built in a place where it hogs resources is the issue, not the data center or what it runs
Well I think the perspective on water is that a lot of these data centers aren’t paying market price for water, and are leaving residents in the area with less water available
Thats a choice the local government is making and doesnt apply to every data center.
So? It’s still impactful to human lives and is more directly tangible than abstract food costs
But it isn’t an AI problem it’s a government problem.
So if a coal plant was consuming vast resources and interfering with the populace, is that the coal plants fault or the government?
the difference is that AI is just a computer program replacing coal plant with gas plant has it still using resources a data center being built in a place where it hogs resources is the issue, not the data center or what it runs