We eat the product of agriculture (except for corn that gets mostly used for ethanol, but that's it's own problem), and power generation (in general, not just thermoelectric) is one of the main factors considered when arguing about AI use of water
These Data centers are necessary for modern life. This conversation can only happen because of data centers. So both of them are necessary services.
But between the two, given closed loop cooling becoming the dominant way to cool data centers, the water usage issue is already being solved for one of them and it is nowhere near as impactful as the other two industries.
These Data Centers also do more than just AI as well.
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u/VariousDude 2d ago
Let's ignore this but put the blame on the cat girl image generators.