AI tools consume up to 4 times more water than estimated: Study
- New data centres are consuming much more water than expected, with Microsoft, Google, and Meta reporting increases of 22.5% and 17%.
- Microsoft indicates that GPT-3's energy consumption could increase its water footprint by four times.
- Environmentalists and tech companies are concerned as new data centres may require water equivalent to a large city, like Liverpool.
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