Data centers do consume a lot of water, but even more power. AI is causing us to forget our climate change carbon goals.
The global increase in drought is probably more a result of climate change temperatures than direct consumption. (Yes AI is doing it but not in the way most people thought)
Stopping AI development in the name of Climate Change so that we lose to China (who pollutes 3x as much as we do) is idiotic as best, self-destructing at worst.
Since pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords, defunding climate research and doctoring past data, it's no longer possible to take the moral high ground here.
