[everdrive]

"The real story here isn't Hetzner being greedy. It's that AI companies are vacuuming up every DRAM chip on the planet and the rest of us get to pay the tax."

We might also have our aquifers depleted and our electricity prices skyrocket. But at least we see really great benefits, such as being able to script some side-project while unemployed due to AI.

[0xy]

>aquifers depleted

Oh it's this thoroughly debunked talking point again.

https://andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-water-issue-is-fake

[dzhiurgis]

I just can't believe how HN turned into disinformation / propaganda machine over last few years. Pretty much every topic is politics and disconnected from reality.

[daxaxelrod]

Anyone who thinks modern data centers don’t use recirculated water can safely have their opinions summarily discarded.

[Betelbuddy]

Data centers consume...a lot...of water by design, recirculated water, does not means no water consumption. Water must be continuously added in evaporative cooling systems used by many data centers.

[1] - Cooling towers reject heat through evaporation, which uses water, not just recirculates it. Evaporated water is lost to the atmosphere and must be replaced with "make-up" water. As a result, recirculating cooling loops still require new water input to make up evaporation and blowdown losses.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_tower

[b40d-48b2-979e]

Anyone who thinks that modern data centers don't evaporate their "recirculated FRESH water" straight into the ocean can safely have their opinions summarily discarded.

[estimator7292]

Please google "datacenter evaporative cooling" and then re-evaluate

[timcobb]

Grim