Gray_Joy
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How will our grid handle this?
Or,will these centers be electrically self sufficient also?
Am I the only one thinking back to the Terminator movie? Skynet.
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Or,will these centers be electrically self sufficient also?
Am I the only one thinking back to the Terminator movie? Skynet.
Our electrical power grid and water supplies are threatened by these data centers.
Data Centers and Water Consumption | Article | EESI
www.eesi.org
Data centers have a thirst for water, and their rapid expansion threatens freshwater supplies. Only 3% of Earth’s water is freshwater, and only 0.5% of all water is accessible and safe for human consumption. Freshwater is critical for survival. On average, a human being can live without water for only three days. Increasing drought and water shortages are reducing water availability. Meanwhile, data center developers are increasingly tapping into surface and underground aquifers to cool their facilities.
Data center water usage closely parallels energy usage and carbon emissions. As data centers use more energy for their typical data center operations and to meet AI requests, they consume larger amounts of water to cool their processor chips, so as to avoid overheating and potential damage. Similarly, as energy use increases in data centers, so do carbon emissions.
A medium-sized data center can consume up to roughly 110 million gallons of water per year for cooling purposes, equivalent to the annual water usage of approximately 1,000 households.
Larger data centers can each “drink” up to 5 million gallons per day, or about 1.8 billion annually, usage equivalent to a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Together, the nation’s 5,426 data centers consume billions of gallons of water annually.
One report estimated that U.S. data centers consume 449 million gallons of water per day and 163.7 billion gallons annually (as of 2021).
A 2016 report found that fewer than one-third of data center operators track water consumption. Water consumption is expected to continue increasing as data centers grow in number, size, and complexity.
Gray_Joy
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Great posting.Our electrical power grid and water supplies are threatened by these data centers.
Data Centers and Water Consumption | Article | EESI
Data centers have a thirst for water, and their rapid expansion threatens freshwater supplies. Only 3% of Earth’s water is freshwater, and only 0.5% of all water is accessible and safe for human consumption. Freshwater is critical for survival. On average, a human being can live without water for only three days. Increasing drought and water shortages are reducing water availability. Meanwhile, data center developers are increasingly tapping into surface and underground aquifers to cool their facilities.
Data center water usage closely parallels energy usage and carbon emissions. As data centers use more energy for their typical data center operations and to meet AI requests, they consume larger amounts of water to cool their processor chips, so as to avoid overheating and potential damage. Similarly, as energy use increases in data centers, so do carbon emissions.
A medium-sized data center can consume up to roughly 110 million gallons of water per year for cooling purposes, equivalent to the annual water usage of approximately 1,000 households.
Larger data centers can each “drink” up to 5 million gallons per day, or about 1.8 billion annually, usage equivalent to a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Together, the nation’s 5,426 data centers consume billions of gallons of water annually.
One report estimated that U.S. data centers consume 449 million gallons of water per day and 163.7 billion gallons annually (as of 2021).
A 2016 report found that fewer than one-third of data center operators track water consumption. Water consumption is expected to continue increasing as data centers grow in number, size, and complexity.
Data center developer entities are in the process of trying to buy huge plots of private properties now.
I think the question of power sources got these centers needs to be addressed directly to those developers.
It doesn't make sense these projects are on the table,while the American power grid isn't able to fulfill the demand.
And God knows our water need not be compromised more than it is now.
One hundred years ago people would have laughed at the suggestion,one day in the near future we'll have to bottle our water so to insure it's safe to drink.
Those gallons of water data centers require reminds me of the huge amounts of water nuclear reactors require to cool the core.
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In Switzerland, a parish unveiled a Jesus avatar powered by machine intelligence that chats with worshippers, while in Finland, a Lutheran church ran an entire software-crafted service—sermons, visuals, and music included.
Buddhism has its robomonk too: Xian’er, a youthful novice figure in saffron robes who fields questions and chants sutras. In Japan plans are in place to turn robot priest Mindar—which is modeled on a Buddhist deity and delivers preset sermons—into an AI-powered android that can provide worshippers with counsel and ethical guidance.
Saudi Arabia has tested a “Fatwa Robot” to advise pilgrims in Mecca, and apps like Muslim AI Companion and WisQu now provide Quranic guidance in dozens of languages.
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Buddhism has its robomonk too: Xian’er, a youthful novice figure in saffron robes who fields questions and chants sutras. In Japan plans are in place to turn robot priest Mindar—which is modeled on a Buddhist deity and delivers preset sermons—into an AI-powered android that can provide worshippers with counsel and ethical guidance.
Saudi Arabia has tested a “Fatwa Robot” to advise pilgrims in Mecca, and apps like Muslim AI Companion and WisQu now provide Quranic guidance in dozens of languages.
To Find God, Some People Are Turning to AI. What Happens Next Could Reshape Religion as We Know It.
The search for meaning has entered uncharted territory, and researchers are hot on the trail.
Let us pray this is the way they go with cooling for the Data Centers .
www.brookings.edu
AI, data centers, and water | Brookings
Challenges around the water demands of AI and data centers require more comprehensive planning and action among a cross-section of actors
www.brookings.edu
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from Rev 13:15:
And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.
we can do this today with robotics and AI
I believe the AI data centers will be used for full control of the populations, CDBC'c anyone?. The beast is rising
Gray_Joy
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The link says this,
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Gray_Joy
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You're fine.
That article is further bad news as relates to data centers.
Example, "Moreover, projections show water used for cooling may increase by 870% in the coming years as more facilities come online."
I'd like to live a long time. But,now I'm wondering if I'll be able to handle what's coming.
AI can create the perfect hacker and hack everything that is online or it can make plans how to hack a closed intranet, so in time nobody is safe. Criminals can hack your bank and gone is your money, countries can do much harm to other countries. The near future of AI is more dangerous than the invention of the atomic bomb.
Rev 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
Rev 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
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