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AI data centers use more water than half a billion people
A report shows that AI data centers consume enormous amounts of water for cooling. The consumption is expected to double AI centers' share of electricity use, and Microsoft's new data center in Fairwater in the USA is described as the world's most powerful AI data center.
WHY IT MATTERS
The water consumption of AI infrastructure is becoming an increasingly critical sustainability issue as AI capacity expands globally.
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