It uses about a bottle of water. I don't know how true that is but you can bet it uses a hell of a lot of water. Yes of course it's not necessary for it to use and dispose of water but it is much cheaper than having the more expensive recirculating systems. And AI is already on money loser so you can bet your ass that's one cost they will be happy to externalize.
So sure let's find a desert where water is scarce and build giant data centers for replacing white collar workers.
Using water for cooling doesn't "use it up". The warm water is still available for other uses, such as irrigation. Evaporative losses are not significant.
Compared to agricultural irrigation, these other water uses are minimal and create far more jobs.
A bigger environmental impact will be the residential water used by the employees drawn to the area, mostly for watering their lawns. Xeriscaping can help here.
TSMC is already having trouble recruiting skilled tech workers in Arizona. Softbank will have the sam
1. A favorable business climate. 2. Skilled workforce, specifically in semiconductors 3. Low humidity 4. Stable geology. No earthquakes. No hurricanes. No blizzards. 5. Stable utilities. No power blackouts. 6. Located close to labor in Mexico for packaging. Direct flights to Asia. 7. Decent universities 8. An attractive location for new employees to relocate to. Arizona is a nice place to live with affordable housing.
All true, but the sheen may start to be coming off. Bloomberg is reporting ( https://finance.yahoo.com/news... [yahoo.com]) that xAI had to sweeten the deal to get loans for its latest needs. It "sold" as a 5B deal at 12.5% interest. One of they key statements in the article is, "The more attractive investor terms stand in contrast to many other debt deals this week that tightened pricing and accelerated deadlines due to strong demand." I think investors may be getting more hesitant. How exactly is a money losing AI fi
Always was, always will be.
The headline should be "Son looking for people to buy into his new Ponzi setup".
So sure let's find a desert where water is scarce and build giant data centers for replacing white collar workers.
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Using water for cooling doesn't "use it up". The warm water is still available for other uses, such as irrigation. Evaporative losses are not significant.
Compared to agricultural irrigation, these other water uses are minimal and create far more jobs.
A bigger environmental impact will be the residential water used by the employees drawn to the area, mostly for watering their lawns. Xeriscaping can help here.
TSMC is already having trouble recruiting skilled tech workers in Arizona. Softbank will have the sam
Why Arizona?
1. A favorable business climate.
2. Skilled workforce, specifically in semiconductors
3. Low humidity
4. Stable geology. No earthquakes. No hurricanes. No blizzards.
5. Stable utilities. No power blackouts.
6. Located close to labor in Mexico for packaging. Direct flights to Asia.
7. Decent universities
8. An attractive location for new employees to relocate to. Arizona is a nice place to live with affordable housing.