ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 25 days agoImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square249linkfedilinkarrow-up11.52Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.51Karrow-down1imageImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 25 days agomessage-square249linkfedilink
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·25 days agoSo charge them more for the water. The data center builders are making rational decisions based on their costs.
minus-squareMadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·25 days agoCharging more does not create more water…
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·25 days agoOf course not. But it changes the economics that causes things like data centers to be built there.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·25 days agoWater laws are often times asinine on a large scale. Depending on where the center is it’d probably be easier to run them out of town or otherwise cut off the water through sabotage than to increase the price of water.
So charge them more for the water. The data center builders are making rational decisions based on their costs.
Charging more does not create more water…
Of course not. But it changes the economics that causes things like data centers to be built there.
Water laws are often times asinine on a large scale. Depending on where the center is it’d probably be easier to run them out of town or otherwise cut off the water through sabotage than to increase the price of water.