Matthew Trevithick
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Journalist, photographer, burned out, need new avatar
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“A study done in 2023 estimated that generating between 10 and 50 medium-sized responses in ChatGPT… consumed about 500 millilitres of water. That accounts for both the water required to produce the electricity needed to run the data centre… and cool it down.” www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
Thirsty AI data centres are coming to Canada, with little scrutiny or oversight | CBC News
Canada is poised to join the data centre boom. But as such projects face greater scrutiny around the world, there is little debate here about what this will mean for the country’s water.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“A study done in 2023 estimated that generating between 10 and 50 medium-sized responses in ChatGPT… consumed about 500 millilitres of water. That accounts for both the water required to produce the electricity needed to run the data centre… and cool it down.” www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...