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> I have encountered a lot of references to AI using water, but with scant details.

Here you go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_tower

Data centers use evaporative cooling towers which evaporate water to reject heat to the atmosphere.



My understanding is that most new data centers don't use evaporation cooling these days, at least in water-sensitive areas. Hard to find solid data on this either way, though.

Of course, if you're using dry cooling, it uses more electricity, so hopefully you're using solar, not a source that uses evaporative cooling to produce electricity (if in a dry climate).




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