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‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter footprint will cover more than 40,000 acres (62 sq miles) over three sites in Box Elder county in north-western Utah. The facility will require about 9GW of power, which is more than the entire state of Utah currently consumes, and suck up a significant amount of water in an area that has been hit by severe drought in recent years.

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago*

evaporative cooling is better in a arid dry environment. of course this has the side effect of using ALOT more water than neccesarry. utah is already drier than salt.

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