sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down112
arrow-up1414arrow-down1external-linkBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.edusanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoProbably because they refer to the bottom 650 million and the number gets less impressive as you move to people who actually have daily access to a power grid.
Probably because they refer to the bottom 650 million and the number gets less impressive as you move to people who actually have daily access to a power grid.