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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[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I get why evaporative cooling is an economic issue and a challenge for a local water company but is it an environmental issue? It seems like it would just go back into the water cycle like any other water that evaporates.

[-] LethalSmack@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The issue is that the process doesn’t put the water immediately back to where it was pulled from. That water is lost until the water cycle brings it back to the area

Pull enough water water out of an environment before it can be replenished and the ecosystem will drastically change

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