Every American should be up in arms. They should be rounding up the People who are pushing the projects through, even after the locals vote against them.
I used to install commercial cooling systems. They are closed systems, that use a small amount of makeup water. I dont know why they would need massive amounts of water.
AI data centers require significant water primarily for thermal management to prevent servers from overheating, as well as indirectly through electricity generation and chip manufacturing.
Direct Cooling: Most data centers use evaporative cooling systems, where water is circulated to absorb heat from processors and then evaporated in cooling towers. This process consumes large volumes of freshwater, with estimates suggesting that 50–60% of withdrawn water is lost to evaporation.
Indirect Water Use: Approximately 80% or more of a data center’s total water footprint comes from the electricity it consumes. Power plants, particularly those burning fossil fuels, require massive amounts of water for steam generation and cooling.
Manufacturing: The production of the specialized high-density chips used in AI training requires "ultrapure" water to rinse silicon wafers, with some factories using up to 10 million gallons per day.
AI Intensity: AI workloads generate significantly higher heat densities than traditional computing, forcing facilities to rely more heavily on water-intensive liquid cooling or increasing the strain on evaporative systems to maintain operational temperatures.
But obviously not best! For a house geo-thermal an open loop can be ok, it doesn't use tons and wildlife like a little warm stream in winter :) and no pollutant added.
29 million gallons will disrupt any water table that isn't an ocean. hint hint
My astute fren does it again,lots of questions to be asked on this one,the two water connections the county didn't know about makes me scratch my head,wonder if i could do that and maybe the power co too,lmao.
It takes large bribes to enable this bullshit. They can easily be identified (jigs making $40k/yr driving $100k+ cars). The company can rat out the extortionists or pay huge fines and criminal charges for theft.
I’m thinking the only way this has been possible……yeah bribes - maybe…….. but more thinking it has been made possible by your local ‘lodges’……. if you know what I mean………you know those lodges that have little road signs as you roll thru no-where USA?
Every American should be up in arms. They should be rounding up the People who are pushing the projects through, even after the locals vote against them.
More like we are in an AI race against China. Trump has said this and he said we can't lose to China.
I'm still waiting for the trap to close. Sometimes it sure feels like we're the ones in the trap.
I heard so.e thing today that much of the opposition may be foreign derived just like act blue....
Consider this:
Is the AI race the new version of the Arms race ('60-91)?
Is this how we break the globalists?
Uh....
WHERE is the water used for cooling going after it absorbs the heat???
Your car doesn't just consume the coolant when it runs, it recycles it...
What's WRONG with this picture?
I used to install commercial cooling systems. They are closed systems, that use a small amount of makeup water. I dont know why they would need massive amounts of water.
I don't either especially with "environmentalism" and its peak, right,???
This seems quite anomalous & demands a proper dig....
What are we missing?
Surprise! Everybody's getting free shrimp! We were gonna tell you about our aquaculture endeavor... YEAH RIGHT!!!
AI data centers require significant water primarily for thermal management to prevent servers from overheating, as well as indirectly through electricity generation and chip manufacturing.
Direct Cooling: Most data centers use evaporative cooling systems, where water is circulated to absorb heat from processors and then evaporated in cooling towers. This process consumes large volumes of freshwater, with estimates suggesting that 50–60% of withdrawn water is lost to evaporation. Indirect Water Use: Approximately 80% or more of a data center’s total water footprint comes from the electricity it consumes. Power plants, particularly those burning fossil fuels, require massive amounts of water for steam generation and cooling. Manufacturing: The production of the specialized high-density chips used in AI training requires "ultrapure" water to rinse silicon wafers, with some factories using up to 10 million gallons per day. AI Intensity: AI workloads generate significantly higher heat densities than traditional computing, forcing facilities to rely more heavily on water-intensive liquid cooling or increasing the strain on evaporative systems to maintain operational temperatures.
And their are many other ways of cooling. I guess massive amounts of water is cheapest.
But obviously not best! For a house geo-thermal an open loop can be ok, it doesn't use tons and wildlife like a little warm stream in winter :) and no pollutant added.
29 million gallons will disrupt any water table that isn't an ocean. hint hint
They should build them on the north slope of Alaska. Enegy is almost free and a gas plant would be super efficient in the cold weather.
If they need cooling they can open some big doors.
My astute fren does it again,lots of questions to be asked on this one,the two water connections the county didn't know about makes me scratch my head,wonder if i could do that and maybe the power co too,lmao.
Is this how the mythical "Water Wars" we've heard about starts?
It takes large bribes to enable this bullshit. They can easily be identified (jigs making $40k/yr driving $100k+ cars). The company can rat out the extortionists or pay huge fines and criminal charges for theft.
Fayette County Georgia the site of election fraud and likely now some good old bribes to the country officials.
It sounds like a shithole is desperate need of some flushing.
Oh, Georgia? They don't have to obey any laws there...
I'm not following why a closed loop wouldn't suffice. Not that much capital outlay and bam, water doesn't need to be constantly sucked.
I’m thinking the only way this has been possible……yeah bribes - maybe…….. but more thinking it has been made possible by your local ‘lodges’……. if you know what I mean………you know those lodges that have little road signs as you roll thru no-where USA?
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data center in iowa “accidentally” forgot to get permits before drilling 40 wells
pretty sure every well driller in the area knows the permitting process,
so this is a pattern of bad behavior
http://news.google.com/search?q=data+center+wells+cedar+rapids+iowa