ChatGPT maker OpenAI is losing even more executives — right as Reuters reports that it's looking to restructure its core business.
  • @boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
    0•7 months ago

    But even then, is the water truly consumed? Does it get contaminated with something like the cooling water of a nuclear power plant? Or does the water just get warm and then either be pumped into a water body somewhere or ideally reused to heat homes?

    There’s loads of problems with the energy consumption of AI, but I don’t think the water consumption is such a huge problem? Hopefully, anyway.

    • @JamesFire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      Does it get contaminated with something like the cooling water of a nuclear power plant?

      This doesn’t happen unless the reactor was sabotaged. Cooling water that interacts with the core is always a closed-loop system. For exactly this reason.