sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down16
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.edusanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareTheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·16 hours agoIt makes sense with the context in the article, but “triples that of 650 million” is a very strange way to say “almost 2 billion”.
minus-squareinbn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoAlso funny that the other big number, 1.3 billion, is literally double 650 million. Maybe they split it it up because the numbers are tied to specific geographic areas with specific water/energy quantities but yeah it does not read very well
It makes sense with the context in the article, but “triples that of 650 million” is a very strange way to say “almost 2 billion”.
Also funny that the other big number, 1.3 billion, is literally double 650 million. Maybe they split it it up because the numbers are tied to specific geographic areas with specific water/energy quantities but yeah it does not read very well