AI’s Challenging Waters

The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is intensifying the water crisis. The data centers required to run large AI models consume vast amounts of power. This significant energy consumption generates large amounts of heat, which in turn requires cooling systems to prevent server overheating. Most common cooling methods (e.g., cooling towers) depend on substantial quantities of clean, fresh water. Read more

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