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A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply (fortune.com)
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[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

If you want to talk about water treatment capacity, then sure. Treatment capacity is used for cooling.

That's not what I'm talking about though. I'm talking about the mass of water being consumed (i.e., removed) from the watershed. The water removed from the river for cooling is returned. There is no net loss of water.