Should we count AI infrastructure as heavy industry? A new post provides some background to the story published with @leanahosea.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on 17 December theaiarmsrace.substack.com/p/data-centr...

The UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ