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minus-squareTimothyOilpants@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agoSure thing Nostradamus… There are a hundred things you do every day that consume more water and power than datacenters… But I’m guessing you haven’t actually looked at any numbers yourself… Go off queen!
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 hours ago But I’m guessing you haven’t actually looked at any numbers yourself… sure thing sparky. you still haven’t replied to SHOW ME ONE GOOD UPSIDE THAT JUSTIFIES IT. keep changing the subject. https://www.slashgear.com/1994908/meta-ai-data-centers-affecting-water-supply-in-multiple-states/ https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1249592906/energy-water-ai-climate-tech https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2026/01/11/americas-ai-boom-is-running-into-an-unplanned-water-problem/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135426005488 https://time.com/article/2026/06/03/ai-global-water-resources-un-report/ so self hosted avoids all that? no it just distributes it and makes it less effective, and, you still have to train it, where the massive portion of power and water is used. and it’s probably still built on stolen everything.
Sure thing Nostradamus… There are a hundred things you do every day that consume more water and power than datacenters… But I’m guessing you haven’t actually looked at any numbers yourself…
Go off queen!
sure thing sparky. you still haven’t replied to SHOW ME ONE GOOD UPSIDE THAT JUSTIFIES IT. keep changing the subject.
https://www.slashgear.com/1994908/meta-ai-data-centers-affecting-water-supply-in-multiple-states/
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1249592906/energy-water-ai-climate-tech
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2026/01/11/americas-ai-boom-is-running-into-an-unplanned-water-problem/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135426005488
https://time.com/article/2026/06/03/ai-global-water-resources-un-report/
so self hosted avoids all that?
no it just distributes it and makes it less effective, and, you still have to train it, where the massive portion of power and water is used.
and it’s probably still built on stolen everything.