As Australia rides the AI boom with dozens of new investments in datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne, experts are warning about the impact these massive projects will have on already strained water resources.

Water demand to service datacentres in Sydney alone is forecast to be larger than the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade

  • caurvo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 hours ago

    Can’t wait for the next drought to be worse because of this.

    “You can only have 60 second showers, and only flush the toilet if you shit. Make as many AI requests as you want though!”