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   Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 22:32:23 JST Gerry McGovern

   The next time you chat with ChatGPT, think of it as having a glass of water in its hand. After your conversation, it will have drank half a liter of water.

   https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-water-consumption-research-8854772/

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     Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 22:48:33 JST Gerry McGovern

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     • M.S. Bellows, Jr.

     @msbellows Yes, and they had to fight hard to get that data released to local people, because Google was demanding that local people should be allowed to know how much local water it was using. Google: The company whose motto used to be - "Don't Be Evil"

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     M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 22:48:34 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.

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     @gerrymcgovern
     "The Oregonian revealed that Google’s global data centers guzzled 15 billion gallons of water in 2022, after it challenged the city of Dallas, Oregon to disclose how much water a single Google data center in the region was using. The investigation showed that the company consumed about 1.25 billion liters of water in the area in 2021 alone. That is enough water to supply more than a million households for a year, according to some estimates."

     Wow.