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Comment Re: I'll take $10K (Score 1) 110

First "Do your own research" now "Ask an AI" ... Do you know how to deal with damn sources, or are your really just arguing "Pick the first Google/AI result and you'll see"? At the moment you called me an idiot the discussion ended. Go discuss with your AI, if you think that's better than having actual sources. Bye.

Comment Re: I'll take $10K (Score 1) 110

The main problem with an open cycle is, that you may take fresh water from locals, evaporate it (cleanly) but the resulting cloud doesn't rain down over the local town but somewhere else. That may or may not be a real problem, as far as I see there were places were it was a problem and then there is a lot of hysteria of people who actually have other motives and take every straw that helps to justify "data center bad" even when they mean "AI may become my competitor".

But people talk like it would be fresh water, but in many cases it is grey water. Fresh water is what you can drink, grey water is what goes down the drain when you shower. Grey water is neither toilet (too dirty) nor kitchen sink (too much fats), but still water with minor dirt and soap that isn't drinkable.

Comment Re:Not for AI (Score 1) 110

So you think that needs a data center in your neighborhood? Flock and other surveillance including most internet tracking are all running their stuff in data centers and not at the CEOs home computer. Most is probably distributed between AWS and Azure. If you want to limit data centers to limit how much data can be stored on the cloud, you probably end up with Flock & co. outbidding small business owners when they are competing for now limited cloud offers. You don't think these companies say "Oh, no storage left on AWS, then we don't track you anymore" ... do you?

Comment Re:I'll take $10K (Score 2) 110

There is a lot to unpack in your post. Let's do the water part, because that one often has a lot of FUD.

First, check the actual numbers. Most are blown up or not put into proportion (i.e. absolute numbers instead of water per query). The google study on the median gemini query uses a few milliliters. Second, you seem to fear the water to be contaminated. But there are two types of water cycles: The closed one with corrosion inhibitors. That one is, as the name says, closed. Nothing to fear, that water basically stays inside the datacenter. The second one, that only some data centers have, is the open one, which is often criticized for removing water from the locals. This one does not have additives in the released water, as the water leaves through evaporation. It is basically a distillation cycle, leaving back any condiments of the water and releasing distilled water as steam.

I know, the typical YouTuber likes to tell "You get green water from your tap whose smelly steam dissolves your cutlery", but that's not how things are.

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