Watched the Satya Nadella portion of Microsoft Build today, and the few minutes with Sam Altman, then skimmed through the other news. Microsoft is doing a lot, not all of it relevant to me. Importantly they plan for data centers to be powered by renewable energy (in 2025) despite scaling up for AI.
Brian Grinter @manton what about water usage?
ChatGPT uses 0.5 litres of water for every 5 to 50 prompts
Manton Reece @bgrinter Didn’t hear anything about water, but I find that stat difficult to believe. I followed the link to the research PDF which is a bit dense for me and also a year old.
Brian Grinter @manton there’s a lot of info out there on AI water usage
https://www.ft.com/content/6544119e-a511-4cfa-9243-13b8cf855c13
