Critics Slam Amazon’s ‘Water Positive’ Pledge as Data Centers Strain Local Resources

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Amazon's Seattle office.

Google's water use is soaring. AI is only going to make it worse.

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  • Google is thirsty.
  • Its latest environmental report shows a 20% jump in water consumption in its data centers.
  • As the AI arms race heats up, it may only get worse.

Google just published its 2023 environmental report, and one thing is for certain: The company's water use is soaring.

Llamas don't drink much water. Meta's new AI version is damn thirsty.

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A llama spits on a zookeepr at the London Zoo.

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Tech giants are supposed to be spending less. Nvidia is selling boatloads of GPUs. Both things can't be happening at once.

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Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia.

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Mark Zuckerberg is finally embracing his new role as Meta's Chopper-in-Chief. Here are the plans he just laid out to further cut costs in 2023.

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