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In news that shocks no one...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/25/amazon-datacentres-water-use-disclosure

From the post:

>Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals. The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft and Google and is planning a huge increase in capacity as part of a push into artificial intelligence. The Seattle firm operates hundreds of active facilities, with many more in development despite concerns over how much water is being used to cool their vast arrays of circuitry. Amazon defends its approach and has taken steps to manage how efficient its water use is, but it has faced criticism over transparency. Microsoft and Google regularly publish figures for their water consumption, but Amazon has never publicly disclosed how much water its server farms consume.

In news that shocks no one... Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/25/amazon-datacentres-water-use-disclosure From the post: >>Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals. The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft and Google and is planning a huge increase in capacity as part of a push into artificial intelligence. The Seattle firm operates hundreds of active facilities, with many more in development despite concerns over how much water is being used to cool their vast arrays of circuitry. Amazon defends its approach and has taken steps to manage how efficient its water use is, but it has faced criticism over transparency. Microsoft and Google regularly publish figures for their water consumption, but Amazon has never publicly disclosed how much water its server farms consume.
[–] 3 pts

For those keeping score, chalk another point for AI failing to solve real problems. If the AI services these (((corporations))) sell to the rest of us were capable of the things they market them for, an AI data center would solve its water usage issue with AI. Since they are having to hide their usage numbers, it's clear that the AI data center is not about solving problems but simply controlling the masses and precious resources. AI needs to be eliminated because it is a waste of everything and delivers nothing of value for that consumption.

[–] 2 pts

Yep, this right here. 100%. I keep saying "Its not really an AI". Though, you have to remember that the majority of the world population is under 100 IQ and black people saw "Black Panther" and thought wakanda was a real place.

[–] 2 pts

As these operations keep scaling up it seems they will have no choice but to switch to closed loop systems. That is a new set of problems as it will require even more energy usage.

[–] 1 pt

I am surprised M$ and Jewgle publishes their water usage.

[–] 1 pt

I for one, know I am surprised that they would do something like this, and I am unanimous in this decision.