Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa -- with a lot of water (apnews.com)

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Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa -- with a lot of water::As they race to capitalize on a craze for generative AI, leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs, from expensive semiconductors to an increase in water consumption.

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[-] tronx4002@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I wonder if this could be done by taking and returning water from a continually cold lake, like Lake Superior.

[-] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, one of the primary datacenters in downtown Toronto (151 front street) is primarily cooled from pulling cold water from the bottom of lake Ontario and cycling the warm back. I've been in there a number of times, the pipes were way bigger then I expected - pretty cool stuff

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