*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
(8/8)
...7) Melting #Glaciers:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03436-z
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114529325386952028
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#WaterConsumption
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
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...point, two ideas come to mind:
1. Building #Saltwater #DesalinationPlants en par with the centers' #WaterConsumption.
2. "Mining" #Glaciers in regions where they are melting 7), in particular at the poles, and transporting that water to regions with #Arable lands for #Irrigation purposes...
6) #WaterMonopolization:
https://www.icirnigeria.org/how-nestle-nigeria-contaminates-water-supply-of-its-host-community-in-abuja/
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
(6/n)
...The devastating effects that occur, when #Multinationals such as #Nestlé or #Danone monopolize the #FreshWater supply, can be seen in many locations. 6)
👉In my view, #DataCenter operators need to be obliged not only to purchase #CarbonOffsetCredits.
A similar program needs to be developed for the #Conservation of the world's dwindling #FreshWater resources,👈
As a starting...
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
(5/n)
...
4)
#Water Usage Effectiveness:
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cooling/a-guide-to-data-center-water-usage-effectiveness-wue-and-best-practices
...👉#Amazon, with 81, and #Microsoft, with 23.
As a share of their data centers, Microsoft ranks first with 52% in such arid spots.👈" 5)
...
5) center locations in #arid regions:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-centers-water-data/
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-data-centers-are-deepening-the-water-crisis-2025-6?op=1
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
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...characterized as experiencing "extremely high" or "high" water scarcity.👈
The share is even larger, 43%, for the biggest centers, those that use 40 megawatt-hours or more of electricity each hour.
Two companies stood out in #BI's analysis as having the most data centers in high or extremely high water-stressed areas:
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
(3/n)
...the installed base.
For another, through inefficient #water use. 4)
A whopping 40%, however, are due to building in already #arid regions of the globe:
"#BusinessInsider found that 👉40% of the nation's planned and existing data centers are in areas that the nonprofit World Resources Institute, which focuses on sustainability research, has...
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
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...water that had been underground for millions of years. 1)
So much so, that even the Earth's axis has been affected. 2)
#DataCenters are aggravating water scarcity. 3)
For one thing, through the rapid growth of...
1) #Acquifers:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111813528183188504
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/11204773648095498
2) #Axis: https://www.science.org/content/article/humanity-s-groundwater-pumping-has-altered-earth-s-tilt
3) #WaterConsumption by #DataCenters:
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
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👉Increasing #WaterConsumption by #DataCenters threatens #Habitats, #Agriculture, and drinking #water for low-income families👈
Even before the trend of water-cooling technology for data centers, an unsustainable, yet growing global population had been sucking the world dry from fresh water, in several cases even consuming...
England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels. Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades. #water #groundwater #depletion #waterconsumption #England #rivers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/20/england-rivers-water-extraction-record-levels
Yonhap News Economy TV's 'Magazine Y' to feature episode on identifying healthy water and proper consumption methods, airing lifestyle and financial tips
#YonhapInfomax #YonhapNewsEconomyTV #MagazineY #HealthyWater #MineralBalance #WaterConsumption #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=64383
A Planetary Boundary For Geological Resources - Exploring The Limits Of Regional Water Availability
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https://phys.org/news/2025-03-planetary-boundary-geological-resources-exploring.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk5318 <-- shared paper
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https://im-mining.com/2023/04/26/united-thinking-on-mining-water-solutions-can-save-money-and-protect-the-environment-worley-says/ <-- shared industry article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #regional #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #mine #mining #processing #minerals #criticalmetals #energy #products #services #surfacewater #groundwater #naturalresources #resources #geology #ecosphere #technosphere #watermanagement #sustainability #sustainableuselimit #waterconsumption #industry #production #constraints #mineralproduction #economy #economics #model #modeling #coal #iron #copper #gold
interesting news about sanitation technology
instead of deluting urine in water purification unit -> use urine as fertilizer
https://p2green.eu/about/
TURNING HUMAN SANITARY WASTE INTO FERTILIZER has received funding from the #HorizonEurope research and innovation programme under No° 101081883
#Sanitaerwende
#NutrientRecycling int
Value Creation Opportunities: Value creation, key drivers and barriers within nutrient recycling
#P2Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFKkTtKLuL0&list=PLwNHSmrZdXmdb41e0t4WQE7KLTHxrXcOm
»#GenerativeAI’s #environmentalimpact: Rapid development and deployment of powerful generative #AImodels comes with increased #electricitydemand and #waterconsumption.« https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117?eicker.news #tech #media
Has anyone here already tried an #ultrasound device to #wash #clothes.
I'm curious how well this works and whether people have positive or negative feedback on this?
Example of device I've found: https://dolfi.co
#washingMachine #laundry #water #waterConsumption #sustainability #lowTech
Not to mention all the #WaterConsumption! There are plans to restart aging nuclear reactor as well as untested SMR reactors! Will #AI’s huge energy demands spur a #nuclear renaissance?
By Davide Castelvecchi
25 October 2024
Do small modular reactors carry extra risks?
"In some cases, small modular reactors 'could actually push nuclear power in a more dangerous direction', says #EdwinLyman. 'Advanced isn’t always better.'
"In particular, Lyman points out that the pebble-bed designs drawn up by #XEnergy and #Kairos would rely on high-assay low-enriched #uranium (#HALEU), which comprises 10–20% uranium-235 — compared with the 5% enrichment level required by most existing reactors (and by #NuScale’s reactor). HALEU is still classified as low-enrichment fuel (as opposed to the highly enriched uranium used to make nuclear bombs), but that distinction is misleading, Lyman says. In June, he and his collaborators — including physicist Richard Garwin, who led the design of the first hydrogen bomb — warned in a Science article that a bomb could be built with a few hundred kilograms of HALEU, with no need for further enrichment.
"Smaller reactors are also likely to produce more nuclear waste and to use fuel less efficiently, according to work reported in 2022 by Macfarlane and her collaborators. In a full-size reactor, most of the neutrons produced by the splitting of uranium travel through a large volume of fuel, meaning that they have a high probability of hitting another nucleus, rather than colliding with the walls of the reactor vessel or escaping into the surrounding building. 'When you shrink the reactor, there’s less material in there, so you will have more neutron leakage,' Macfarlane says. These rogue neutrons can be absorbed by other atomic nuclei — which would then themselves become radioactive."
Original article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03490-3
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/mODpF#selection-952.0-991.164
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Cryptocurrency #DataCenters #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NuclearHype #NeutronEmbrittlement #NuclearWaste #NotCarbonFree
Remember how #Skynet and #Terminators were just fine with a #nuclear devastated world? Hmmm... #BigTech is going all in on #NuclearPower as sustainability concerns around #AI grow
Yahoo Finance
Daniel Howley
October 23, 2024
"#ArtificialIntelligence has driven shares of tech companies like #Microsoft (#MSFT), #Amazon (#AMZN), #Nvidia (N#VDA), and #Google (GOOG, GOOGL) to new highs this year. But the technology, which companies promise will revolutionize our lives, is driving something else just as high as stock prices: #EnergyConsumption [and #WaterConsumption].
"#AI #DataCenters use huge amounts of power and could increase energy demand by as much as 20% over the next decade, according to a Department of Energy spokesperson. Pair that with the continued growth of the broader cloud computing market, and you’ve got an energy squeeze.
"But Big Tech has also set ambitious sustainability goals focused on the use of low-carbon and zero-carbon sources to reduce its impact on climate change. While renewable energy like solar and wind are certainly part of that equation, tech companies need uninterruptible power sources. And for that, they’re leaning into #NuclearPower.
"Tech giants aren’t just planning to hook into existing plants, either. They’re working with energy companies to bring mothballed facilities like Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island back online and looking to build small modular reactors (#SMRs) that take up less space than traditional plants and, the hope is, are cheaper to construct.
"But there are still plenty of questions as to whether these investments in nuclear energy will ever pan out, not to mention how long it will take to build any new reactors."
Read more:
https://www.aol.com/finance/big-tech-going-nuclear-power-201418756.html
#AI #NoNukesForAI #Cryptocurrency #WaterIsLife #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #ThreeMileIsland #TheTerminator #JudgmentDay #NuclearPowerNoThanks
"Artificial intelligence technology is guzzling water and energy in California and around the globe, yet most tech companies have not been forthcoming about the actual environmental costs of their applications"
But ChatGPT says they are working on renewable energy solutions, so don't worry.
Whatever you say, Hal
#Artificial_Intelligence
#ClimateandEnvironment
#energyconsumption
#waterconsumption
US Water & Power Can't Handle AI's Needs
#News #TechNews #AI #GenerativeAI #PowerConsumption #WaterConsumption #FutureOfTech
Daily podcast: US Water & Power Can't Handle AI's Needs
#News #TechNews #AI #GenerativeAI #PowerConsumption #WaterConsumption #FutureOfTech #podcast
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#BraveWords
THE OSBOURNES Break Their Silence On Ozempic; OZZY Makes Eye-Opening Confession Regarding His Time On The Osbournes TV Show; Video
#osbournepodcast #OzzyOsbourne #theosbournes #societalvalues #moralquandaries #ozempic #parentingmethods #waterconsumption #billymorrison #crackcocaine
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