“We are just making these reports pretty much in the dark — since there’s almost zero information,” said Shaolei Ren, an AI researcher at UC Riverside and co-author of the report. “We have extremely little information about data centers in California.”

CalMatters

Data centers are putting new strain on California's grid. Here's the best estimate yet

California’s data centers have doubled their use of electricity and demand for water , and are polluting more, even as lawmakers stall on oversight.

Big Tech wants to know absolutely everything about us. It works incredibly hard so that we know as little as possible about them

"The availability of freshwater is already a concern globally. By 2030, demand for freshwater will outstrip supply by 40% — which will mean those reliant on water will become increasingly dependent on the extraction of non-renewable or unreliable water sources. In essence, the data centers needed to power the AI revolution are already drinking from a drying tap. Some tech accelerationists argue that AI isn’t the cause of this crisis."

Tech Policy Press

Artificial Intelligence, Water Consumption and the Trillion-Radish Conundrum | TechPolicy.Press

The AI sector, which uses as much water as Norway and Sweden combined, is a ticking time bomb, writes Henry Throp.

"The water crisis is really a crisis of groundwater. 99% of freshwater is groundwater, and groundwater supplies 40% of our food, and 70% of irrigation, but many major aquifers are already overdrawn. The Ogallala, which grows a sixth of the world’s grain, could be largely unusable within decades."

The big groundwater crisis - food, water, pollution, and social unrest : John Cherry interview Part I

groundwater supplies our freshwater, water crisis is based in a groundwater crisis, virtual water hides the groundwater crisis

The Growth Death Cult will kill us all, and Big Tech want more and more water. All for super greedy AI. Time to resist!