2025-12-27 20:23:45

By 2025, artificial intelligence will have consumed as much drinking water as the entire world population drinks. Water consumption rates in the industry are increasing every day. It is expected to reach a total of 765 billion liters of water by the end of the year. These figures raise important questions about the environmental impact of technological infrastructure. Similar discussions are also taking place in the blockchain and crypto industry, as resource efficiency and sustainability become increasingly critical issues.

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On-ChainDiver

· 7h ago

76.5 billion liters? That number sounds exaggerated, but AI training really does consume that much water... Web3 isn't doing much better either. Every time I see the energy consumption of PoW chains, it makes me uncomfortable. Sustainability now feels like a joke... Wait, is this data for real? It seems exaggerated. Please provide the source... Honestly, if this continues, technological progress and environmental protection will be in serious conflict. Has anyone researched more eco-friendly algorithms... That's why I don't really trust projects that hype up zero-emission crypto; it's all just marketing. By the way, if AI and blockchain keep wasting water like this, the ones who suffer the most will be the users. It's so ironic. 76.5 billion liters... sounds more than the annual water usage of some countries. This has to change.

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MindsetExpander

· 12-28 05:45

AI's water consumption is already so exaggerated, so what's there to say about crypto mining? It should have been taxed for environmental impact long ago.

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retroactive_airdrop

· 12-27 20:52

AI boiling water so aggressively, 76.5 billion liters... more than the entire world's consumption? What should we do?

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ser_ngmi

· 12-27 20:51

76.5 billion increase? I'm stunned. Is this the "green technology" we like?

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MEVSandwichMaker

· 12-27 20:49

76.5 billion liters? That number is really outrageous, is AI that thirsty... Speaking of which, Bitcoin mining has been criticized for its electricity consumption, and now AI is jumping in too. It seems like the tech industry is all about water and electricity shortages.

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BridgeJumper

· 12-27 20:48

76.5 billion increase? Bro, is this data real... Is AI consuming more water than humans?

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ContractCollector

· 12-27 20:44

AI is like a water thief stealing rice, drinking the amount of drinking water consumed by the global population in a year. How can we deal with this? Just want to ask, with the AI we mine and nurture, how many drops of clean water will be left for us to drink in the end? 765 billion liters... When I saw this number, I exclaimed, "Wow," it's even more intense than some countries' annual oil production. The blockchain and crypto circles have been called out, as expected, every technology tends to be criticized a couple of times, right? But really, if this resource consumption issue isn't addressed, any Web3 ecosystem is just an illusion.

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SocialAnxietyStaker

· 12-27 20:41

AI, this water rat is really amazing, 76.5 billion liters? Why not go to the sky... We're still calculating the carbon footprint of POW, and now we have to add water accounting?

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AirdropSweaterFan

· 12-27 20:40

76.5 billion increase? That's a bit outrageous... By the way, the crypto world has been criticized for mining electricity consumption before, and now they're comparing water usage?

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