Meta announces new data centers, gobble up millions of gallons of water per day
10 months ago
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- #Data Centers
- #Water Crisis
- Meta announces plans to build massive data centers to power AI, investing hundreds of billions of dollars.
- The first data center, Prometheus, will launch next year in Ohio, followed by Hyperion, which could scale up to 5GW.
- Meta is recruiting top AI talent from OpenAI, Google's DeepMind, and others for its Superintelligence Labs team.
- Data centers consume vast amounts of water, with some requesting up to six million gallons per day, straining local supplies.
- Communities near data centers, like those in Atlanta, Texas, Arizona, and Colorado, face water shortages and rising prices.
- Local officials warn that data centers are depleting community resources, with some areas already experiencing construction halts due to droughts.