Tag: water consumption

Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/mistral-environmental-standard/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Our contribution to a global environmental standard for AI Feedly Summary: Our contribution to a global environmental standard for AI Mistral have released environmental impact numbers for their largest model, Mistral Large 2, in more detail than I have seen from any of the other large AI…

The Register: Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/climate_change_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over Feedly Summary: A warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultants Many of the world’s top 100 datacenter hubs are at risk from rising global temperatures, as growing cooling requirements push up costs and water consumption, while shutdowns…

The Register: Cloud lobby warns EU: Clamp down on water rules and we’ll evaporate

Jun 30, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/30/cispe_eu_water_resilience/ Source: The Register Title: Cloud lobby warns EU: Clamp down on water rules and we’ll evaporate Feedly Summary: CISPE floats reforms to avoid new costs, fragmentation, and infrastructure flight The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) trade body has put forward recommendations for the EU’s Water Resilience Strategy, perhaps mindful that…

Slashdot: Even the US Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water

Apr 24, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/1556239/even-the-us-government-says-ai-requires-massive-amounts-of-water?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Even the US Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlights significant environmental impacts of generative AI systems, particularly in terms of water usage and energy consumption for cooling data centers. Companies’ lack of…

Cloud Blog: Use Gemini 2.0 to speed up document extraction and lower costs

Mar 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/use-gemini-2-0-to-speed-up-data-processing/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Use Gemini 2.0 to speed up document extraction and lower costs Feedly Summary: A few weeks ago, Google DeepMind released Gemini 2.0 for everyone, including Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 2.0 Pro (Experimental). All models support up to at least 1 million input tokens, which…

The Register: How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible

Jan 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_water/ Source: The Register Title: How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible Feedly Summary: If they’re not consuming H2O directly, the power plant almost certainly is Feature The explosive growth of datacenters that followed ChatGPT’s debut in 2022 has shone a spotlight on the environmental impact of these…

The Register: First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech

Jan 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/microsoft_pauses_datacenter_construction/ Source: The Register Title: First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech Feedly Summary: Redmond’s pause to redesign planned datacenters won’t scuttle this project, say Mount Pleasant officials Count the residents of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin opposed to their town becoming a tech hub lucky: First, Foxconn abandoned its original $10…

Hacker News: ‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought

Nov 23, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/thirsty-chatgpt-uses-four-times-more-water-than-previously-thought-bc0pqswdr Source: Hacker News Title: ‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the increasing water consumption associated with the operation of AI-powered data centers, particularly those supporting models like ChatGPT. Recent findings highlight that water usage is underestimated…

The Register: Infrastructure giant Schneider Electric powers up with $850M liquid cooling deal

Oct 17, 2024

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