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‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought (www.thetimes.com)
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Writing a 100-word email using ChatGPT (GPT-4, latest model) consumes 1 x 500ml bottle of water It uses 140Wh of energy, enough for 7 full charges of an iPhone Pro Max

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not used up per se but sequestered. It's water that nobody will ever get to drink or use for crops, etc.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It could be used for other things like district heating at least.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Datacenters are usually not located where this would be useful. They're placed where space and energy are cheap, because everything they do only needs Internet access. At most they'd heat the rest of the building for whatever office space there is.