Gerry McGovern on Nostr: “There’s so much difference in the industry between when we looked at it in 2016 ...
“There’s so much difference in the industry between when we looked at it in 2016 and when we look at it now.”
Arman Shehabi, a staff scientist at Berkeley Lab
It’s not just power that’s surging. The Berkeley researchers attempted to estimate data centers’ total water usage onsite; 2023’s total was about 66 billion liters. Their estimates for 2028’s data center water usage range widely, from just under 150 billion to over 275 billion liters — or 72.6 billion gallons.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/berkeley-report-data-centers-energy-19994091.php
Arman Shehabi, a staff scientist at Berkeley Lab
It’s not just power that’s surging. The Berkeley researchers attempted to estimate data centers’ total water usage onsite; 2023’s total was about 66 billion liters. Their estimates for 2028’s data center water usage range widely, from just under 150 billion to over 275 billion liters — or 72.6 billion gallons.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/berkeley-report-data-centers-energy-19994091.php