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Water Consumption
Data centers need massive amounts of water to cool servers, contributing to water shortages in already vulnerable regions.
Bibliography
- Hogan, M. (2015). Data flows and water woes: The Utah Data Center. Big Data & Society, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951715592429
- Li P, Yang J, Islam MA, et al. (2023) Making AI less ‘thirsty’: Uncovering and addressing the secret water footprints of AI models. arXiv:2304.03271v1. Available at: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271.pdf
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