Read that a single AI training run can use as much water as a small town drinks in a year, and I can't stop thinking about it

Parker Bailey · 2026-10-08T08:15:02.628223+00:00

Saw it in a Wired piece last week, the number was around 700,000 liters for one of the big models. Does anybody actually know if these companies are paying for that water or just pulling it from local supplies?

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