Ping!............
Could they prosecute MS for fraud, bankrupt them and jail the prinicpals and bury Office in a time vault. That would be a win - win for all of us.
AI thirsts.
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There is no public record of Bill Gates expressing an opinion on the Terri Schiavo Case. The high-profile end-of-life legal battle occurred in the early 2000s, and as a public figure, Gates has primarily restricted his commentary to global health, technology, and philanthropy rather than weighing in on specific legal or ethical medical disputes.
“AI Data Center Guzzled 30 Million Gallons of Water for Free...”
Of course they did! Count on all kinds of malfeasance with these data centers. As an added bonus you can also enjoy your skyrocketing electric and water bills!
Gemini says the wayer wasn’t used by an operating data center. I was used in the construction of the data center.
“According to site developer QTS Data Centers and county officials, the water was consumed by heavy machinery and contractors over several months for temporary construction needs, including:Concrete work: Mixing large-scale industrial concrete for the massive foundations.Dust control: Spraying down the 615-acre dirt site to prevent dust storms.Site preparation: General grading, compacting, and initial infrastructure work.”
Fun fact, I had an office next to Mark on the first floor of bldg 42
They found two water lines going to QTS that weren’t in their system.
Somebody got pair off?.
Someone speaks with a forked tongue.
Two pipes going into a facility that the water folks did not know were there? That is suspect. What kind of metering system does they use? Around my area it seems they want to slap smart meters to measure the smart meters.
Someone is incompetent. Or criminal.
Water is not guzzled. The water is used as a medium for heat exchange and still exists after absorbing the heat generated by the AI computer
For something “artificial” they certainly have a massive appetite for water and power! ...just like an animal.
I don't quite get it. From where were the pipes coming?
Or, locate them in cold areas where excess heat could be sold as is done in some large cities around the world.
An AM radio program I listened to yesterday added some context to this story. The water district was converting from manual read meters to remote read and the lines to the data center had not been converted so they had not been billing them. He indicated that the person complaining about water pressure was apparently on a well.
His Commentary; He indicated that this story was initially promoted by an overseas group in Italy which (IIRC) had Chinese Funding? The Chinese are actively supporting groups that are opposed to us building Data Centers. They would prefer that the Data Centers that they are building be used instead.
The show was the Eric Erickson show. It would be in the show notes for 5/15/26 or 5/14/26. I am not willing to sign up for his show notes or the podcast. I have enough problems cleaning my Email inbox.
It's well known that a typical data center consumes as much electricity as 100K + households, thus stressing the grid and driving up everyone's electric bill. Their water use will be nearly as bad, particularly for those data centers that are being built in places like Nevada and Utah where reservoirs and aquifers are already low and stressed by existing water use.
And all so that Silicon Valley Oligarchs can replace white collar workers with AI and run cryptocurrency scams.
Ah, Web2.0 and “let’s give free laptops to every kid in public school”: what could possibly go wrong?
90% BulletTrain crappola — $$ to skim by SiliconValley arseholes — who pass on $$ to politicos who push it.
Computers are smaller than ever now, why would they need huge buildings to house them?
CUT OFF THE WATER.