<![CDATA[In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools.]]>In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. If the water were redirected to Africa, it would meet the basic domestic needs of more than 600 million people each year. By 2030, the UN report estimates that AI could use as much water as 1.3 billion people."

In 2020, AI basically didn't exist.

So, in 5 years its thirst became as large as that of 600 million people.

How much water will AI demand in 2040?

https://nation.africa/kenya/climate/ai-data-centres-consume-world-s-power-and-water-at-unprecedented-scale-5512862

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/MyricaGale/statuses/116840384425981986https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/MyricaGale/statuses/116840384425981986Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:06:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:47:27 GMT]]>@JoBlakely we live during the last days of the White Male Supremacy Growth Death Cult. Our actions now will sow the seeds of what comes after us

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116840310199796559https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/116840310199796559Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:47:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:43:11 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern
It simply is not sustainable and it’s all life vs. a moment of AI, because AI will also die with us.
It’s mass murder-suicide from tech bros.
And so many are drinking the kool-aid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116840293463928487https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116840293463928487Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:43:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:21:34 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern This calculation to sensible units was done with the help of glorious Wikipedia and a calculator.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/benedikt_lauenburg/statuses/116839972520681600https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/benedikt_lauenburg/statuses/116839972520681600Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:21:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:20:52 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern Assuming a depth of 2 metres (minimum depth), 1.8 million "Olympic-sized swimming pools" are 4.5 billion cubic metres of waters, enough water to provide drinking water for 10 billion people for 280 days (assuming 2 litres per person).

If these are 3 meter pools it's enough for a year.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/benedikt_lauenburg/statuses/116839969768221566https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/benedikt_lauenburg/statuses/116839969768221566Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:20:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:10:10 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern I think you have to go back to 2005, because Google and Facebook (and later Microsoft and Amazon, and then Netflix etc etc) are responsible for a lot of data centers, so it's not just AI (though that is making it go exponential). 🥵

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/eobet/statuses/116839927667797905https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/eobet/statuses/116839927667797905Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:10:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:58:03 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern

AI: the Dumbing Down of People.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bici/statuses/116839880047109003https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bici/statuses/116839880047109003Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:58:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:22:40 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern

The problem with allowing massive accumulation of wealth. The resulting god complexes destroy community critical resources on a thoughtless whim.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/oldoldcojote/statuses/116839504983631578https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/oldoldcojote/statuses/116839504983631578Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:22:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:31:18 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern
It is simply not sustainable.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontech.de/users/alterelefant/statuses/116839303010653976https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontech.de/users/alterelefant/statuses/116839303010653976Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:31:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:16:57 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern

Let's not find out.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/FranceskaMann/statuses/116839244667933639https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/FranceskaMann/statuses/116839244667933639Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:16:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:16:12 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern not one drop, because that hype will burst like a soap bubble. 🫧

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116839243634001393https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116839243634001393Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:16:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2025, an UN report revealed: "data centres consumed enough water to fill 1.8 million Olympic-sized pools. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:49:15 GMT]]>@gerrymcgovern is 🤖 all the way down, and that’s why wankers love 💕 it *so much!*

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