As they race to capitalize on a craze for #generativeAI, 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 #waterconsumption. But they’re often secretive about the specifics. Few people in Iowa knew about its status as a birthplace of #OpenAI’s most advanced #largelanguagemodel, #GPT-4 #watershortage #ClimateCrisis https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-gpt4-iowa-ai-water-consumption-microsoft-f551fde98083d17a7e8d904f8be822c4

This is going to be a common refrain across the US this century. No water left to pump out of the ground.

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/09/chicago-suburbs-water-tap-lake-michigan/

#LakeMichigan #Illinois #water #WaterShortage #DrinkingWater #CleanWater

#Texas’s Dying #Swimming Holes
Taking a dip in the summer was as central to the state’s identity as barbecue and Willie Nelson. Then came a population boom and #climatechange. It is not change - it is a #crisis - but read anyway - https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/texass-dying-swimming-holes?mod=djemfoe #ClimateCrisis #water #wells #springs #watershortage

This is a copy of a post by:
@tunubesecamirio
https://masto.es/@tunubesecamirio/110978880541953443

Thanks!

Their post can easily be translated, but I had to search for
the English version of the article (see below)
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With the topic of #DataCenter energy consumption, there is a recurring theme that drains our patience: anecdotal techno-solutionism.

That is, absurd and impractical solutions that divert the real debate of the consumption of data centers:

Whose are they, are they necessary, how many are there, what cost do we want to assume, who is responsible for their consumption?

Of course, whoever comes to us with those arguments we smack them over the head with a fat book by Morozov. 😜

We have already seen bullshit like:

- Put them at the North Pole.
- Put them under the sea
- Put them in space.

And now: we're putting them in your house to heat your water!

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/18/1077548/computer-waste-heat/

#server #computers #DataCenter #WaterShortage #ClimateCrisis #Energy #CrashCourse

"As rural Arizonans face the prospect of wells running dry, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts of the state’s groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations. Now it turns out that a key investor in this water transfer scheme is Arizona’s own employee retirement fund."

Great reporting by @MotherJones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

#water #WaterRights #Drought #GroundWater #WaterTable #WaterShortage

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/arizona-pension-fund-deal-water-exports-hay-saudi-middle-east-groundwater-drought/

"#Samui, famous for its white sandy #beaches, scenic #temples and luxury #resorts, often struggles with a lack of #FreshWater during the dry season between March and May. It’s feared the #ElNiño weather phenomenon, which is associated with less rain, will result in more severe shortages this year." #WaterCrisis #ClimateCrisis #TootSEA

Taps run dry on Thai island as tourism boom worsens #WaterShortage | #Thailand | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/taps-run-dry-on-thai-island-as-tourism-boom-worsens-water-shortage-koh-samui

Bucket
Decline of two decades long
Winter, conservation, trying to right wrong
A meager drop, sadly not much
Hopes dashed, sorrow, such

#lakemead #waterconservation #coloradoriver #watershortage #cinquain #poetry

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/us/how-much-lake-mead-water-rise-climate/index.html

It's amazing that there's more and more #WaterShortage around the world, and it's STILL not enough for most people to realise that we REALLY need to do something about our #climate.

#ClimateChange

God, I’m watching someone using a hosepipe to water plants, right now, in the heat of the day! How is it people still don’t know not to do that? #WaterShortage #Water #Scotland

Europe is monitoring its groundwater levels, hoping to avert acute shortages over the summer and mitigate a crisis in some of the driest areas.

FRANCE 24's Science reporter Shirli Sitbon looks at the situation in France, where it has rained in some regions in recent weeks, but not everywhere. Many areas, particularly in the south of France, are still likely to face a drought this summer.

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/science/20230517-rainfall-improves-france-s-groundwater-levels-but-many-areas-still-in-red

#France #Drought #Water #WaterShortage

@gummibunny
It rained! It actually rained!
A good amount. 😃👍
Hopefully that eases our #WaterShortage.

#weather #Philippines

Devon hosepipe ban from 25th April

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-hosepipe-ban-april-25-8358465

#Devon #Cornwall #WaterShortage #Drought #SouthWestWater #SWW #WaterCompanies #Reservoirs

Wow. Look at that. #Philstar Global publishes #weather #news a few hours ago with a very outdated* satellite image from August 2022. 🙄

"A low-pressure area expected to enter the #Philippine area... may develop into the first #TropicalCyclone of the year by Wednesday..."

On the one hand, I'm happy about some* rain coming. 🙏 #WaterShortage is a big concern with #ElNiño.

On the other hand, I'm not looking forward to the bad news that come during and after storms. 🙏 #StaySafe

Climate change: Catalonia in grip of worst drought in decades

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65129735

#ClimateCrisis #Catalonia #Spain #Espana #España #WaterShortage #Drought

Colliford reservoir may be at only ~54% capacity, but (the considerably smaller) Siblyback is full.

#winterDrought #waterShortage #Cornwall #climateChange

As The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence explains, lack of potable water will be a leading cause of death in humanity's demise this century. Yet world leaders still allow massive freshwater pollution & waste by industry & agriculture (e.g., USA). Only China has a national water conservation policy. https://ishinobu.com/story/, https://thediplomat.com/2022/12/chinas-five-year-national-water-security-plan/#:~:text=During%20the%20current%20five-year%20period%2C%20China%20will%20promote,as%20undertaking%20the%20construction%20of%20major%20water%20projects, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/22/number-city-dwellers-lacking-access-safe-water-double-2050 #watershortage

While most of the country has improved in recent weeks, large swaths of #Texas are still suffering from #drought, with #water shortages in the Hill Country, wheat #crop failure in West Texas, and cattle sales in the Panhandle.

Learn more with the Drought Impact Reporter: go.unl.edu/dirdash

#watershortage #waterconservation #agriculture #cattle #livestock #ag #DroughtImpacts #TXwx

Historic low snow levels in the Alps. With the frost boundary rising over 3000m a few times already this year 😬

#climatecrisis #snow #watershortage

https://www.slf.ch/de/lawinenbulletin-und-schneesituation/wochen-und-winterberichte/2022/23/avablog-22-februar-2023.html

Wild weather in January helped improve #drought conditions in much of the U.S. but lingering dryness continues to affect #agriculture and the #ColoradoRiver and #MissouriRiver basins.

Read all about it in our January #climate and #DroughtImpacts summaries: drought.unl.edu/Publications/MonthlySummary.aspx

#water #WaterConservation #weather #WaterShortage

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/16/rio-verde-foothills-water-scottsdale-arizona/ #drought #WaterShortage #ColoradoRiver