Subj : Re: Forget a hosepipe ban
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Aug 19 2025 08:33:01

RR>> I have always said both the cloud and AI are bad.

MP>> I do not use cloud storage persoanlly, so don't be pointing fingers here!

MP>I don't (on purpose anyway) here, either.  My guess is that they want the
  >extra storage that "the cloud" is using for AI and are therefore blaming
  >cloud users for what is really being caused by increased AI usage... energy
  >and water usage, etc.

If I recall this was more about water usage than electricity use but
suggestied that less data stored on servers would reduce the amount
of water needed to cool them. I'd think a big part of the water part
of it would depend on if coolant is recycled or just dumped with new
water coming in to replace it, and where that water is coming from.
Pretty much anything could be used but I suppose if the servers are
in a city then it's a huge waste of clean, processed, drinking water.

I half wonder if people mining Bitcoin aren't a bigger problem
than cloud storage..

Personally, I do use a cloud account for files I need to transfer
between multiple units or files I temporarily park there for others
to download, but I doubt I have 5 meg of total data on there..

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