The AI Race Could Drink Up Precious Water
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It turns out the real thirst trap is AI.
Thames Water, London's water utility, told Bloomberg it's looking at ways to restrict water supply to data centers at times of high demand. And that's in the UK, which is a) very rainy and b) surrounded by ocean -- in more drought-prone countries, the demands of ever-thirstier data centers could lead to major clashes with locals, as detailed in a second Bloomberg report.
Source Fool.com
