A United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health report released this week estimates that AI data centers could consume as much water as 1.3 billion people need by 2030, driven by cooling demand and the electricity used to power computing facilities. The report says assessments have “systematically mismeasured” AI’s environmental cost because many emphasize carbon emissions from training large language models while giving less attention to water use, land use, energy in...

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