XAI Campus in Memphis May Use 1M Gallons of Auqifer Drink Water per Day

Re:XAI Campus in Memphis May Use 1M Gallons of Auqifer Drink... by svnt on Thursday June 06, 2024 @09:43PM (#40604507)

Google’s data centers collectively consumed 450,000 gallons per day on average in 2021. This was cited at the time as being the same as 29 golf courses in the southwestern US.

Texas and California each have nearly 1000 golf courses. This is then roughly 15 million gallons per day per state for golf courses.

Close the bottom five percent of golf courses in these two states and start three more Googles or another massive AI company. The relative benefits are incomparable.

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Re:XAI Campus in Memphis May Use 1M Gallons of Auqifer Drink... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:09PM (#40604931)

Tennessee doesn’t have a water problem [1].

[1] https://www.drought.gov/states/tennessee

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Re:XAI Campus in Memphis May Use 1M Gallons of Auqifer Drink... by svnt on Friday June 07, 2024 @08:04PM (#40614166)

Well that makes the article even less pointful.

edit: the link comments that although the southeast is considered water-rich,

“Tennessee also experienced a high impact drought in 2016 that was a primary factor in several major wildfires, including the Gatlinburg wildfires that resulted in loss of life and widespread infrastructure damage. These droughts had far-reaching impacts on agriculture, water availability for municipalities and industry, and wildfires.”

So perhaps it is enough of a lever in the public memory to justify publishing some PR pieces implying they should hire someone to address the problem.

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