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2023-10-04 01:37:43 UTC - HELPFUL
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Microsoft, whose data centers power OpenAI, reported 1.6 billion gallons of water for all of 2022. This represents 0.00001% of US freshwater withdrawals in 2015 (281B gal per day). Researchers have estimated that training GPT-3 consumed 185,000 gallons of water. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsofts-water-consumption-jumps-34-percent-amid-ai-boom/ https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/total-water-use-united-states#overview https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-ai-water-185000-gallons-training-nuclear-1850324249
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