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A researcher at the University of California, Riverside estimated the current rate of water consumption by various AI operations.

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University of California, Riverside
public research university in Riverside, California, United States
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American artificial intelligence research organization
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Jul 1terradaily.comWe tend to think of AI as a software problem, weightless and waterless, but even a 100-word email written with ChatGPT has been estimated to require roughly a bottle’s worth of water once data-centre cooling and electricity generation are counted — and scaled to global demand, researchers project AI could withdraw 4.2 to 6.6 billion cubic metres of water a year by 2027, roughly half the United Kingdom’s annual freshwater withdrawals.