Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 month agoWhy start with data centers and not almonds or dairy? The difference in water usage is staggering.
Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 month agoWhy start with data centers and not almonds or dairy? The difference in water usage is staggering.
InevitableList@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Because data centers are being built all over the place. Californian almonds are only being grown in California.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Not sure I follow the reasoning. California doesn’t have an abundance of water and there are huge water rights issues over it, making producing almonds there even more outrageous. Data centers might be built where there is more abundant water. Even in California, data centers are a fraction of a percent and shouldn’t be restricted on the basis of water usage when vastly more wasteful industries continue to exist there.