ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 month agoImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square257linkfedilinkarrow-up11.51Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.5Karrow-down1external-linkImagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!lemmy.worldZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square257linkfedilink
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoSo charge them more for the water. The data center builders are making rational decisions based on their costs.
minus-squareMadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoCharging more does not create more water…
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoOf course not. But it changes the economics that causes things like data centers to be built there.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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.