5.6 billion gallons and counting: Google’s dipping its toes in too much water – Times of India
Google said that it does make a conscious effort to use water responsibly. “When used responsibly, water cooling can play an important role in reducing emissions. We’ve found that our water-cooled data centres use about 10% less energy and emit roughly 10% less carbon emissions than our air-cooled data centres.”
According to a report by Business Insider, compared to 2021, Google’s water consumption has gone up. In 2021, Google consumed 4.3 billion gallons of water. In 2022, that number has gone up by 20%. Experts believe that this number is set to go up as Google presses hard the AI button. Training AI models like Bard and others require incredible amounts of water. In the last six months, Google has stepped up its AI pursuits. Water is required to cool the data centres and AI will push that capacity even further.
In its report, Google acknowledged the need for consumption of billions of gallons of water. However, the company has set the target to replenish 120% of freshwater across its offices and data centres. Currently, the company replenishes merely 6% of the water.
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