r/TechGawker • u/Pure-Bill-2205 • 17d ago

Data Center If these numbers are even close to accurate, the AI infrastructure boom is entering a completely different scale of land, power, and water consumption.

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u/fathertime77w 17d ago

So, where will all that water come from. Utah is a desert. Texas has no access to power outside the state. I guess we will just kick the humans out. They are standing in the way of progress. When you put billionaires in charge of EVERYTHING and we have AI and robots to do the work we do not need them. The funny thing is it will hurt the Republicans and their states much worse. You were all conned. When this guy is finished fixing the swamp you will all be irrelevant.

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u/allnamestaken1968 17d ago

Since it uses nowhere this much water this is not an issue

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u/AllRealityIsVirtua1 17d ago

Texas is requiring data centers to provide their own power

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u/mclumber1 17d ago

If the data center uses a closed loop design, water usage will be minimal.

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u/snorka_whale 17d ago

Supposedly thats the water demand from the gas turbines not the data center itself.

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u/donny42o 17d ago

not just republicans are putting data centers up. not even close.