AI is niet alleen hongerig naar energie, maar ook dorstig naar water Bij elke vraag aan een AI-bot verdampt er ergens water. Zo slurpt kunstmatige intelligentie jaarlijks honderden miljarden liters water op, blijkt uit Nederlands onderzoek.

"With every question posed to an AI bot, water evaporates somewhere. This is how artificial intelligence consumes hundreds of billions of liters of water annually, according to [new] Dutch research."
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid... (Dutch, paywall?)

#AI #WaterHog #WaterSecurity

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’ Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

'UK’s largest proposed datacentre "understating planned water use"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates'

#AI #datacenters #WaterHog #deception #disinformation

2025’s AI boom caused huge CO2 emissions and use of water, research finds Study’s author says society not tech companies paying for environmental impact of AI and asks if this is fair

'2025’s AI boom caused huge CO2 emissions and use of water'
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

'... datacentre electricity consumption is expected to more than double by 2030'

'... society not tech companies paying for environmental impact'

#ClimateEmergency #AI #datacenters #EnergyHog #WaterHog