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# Critics Furious Microsoft Is Training AI by Sucking Up Water During Drought
- URL: https://werd.io/critics-furious-microsoft-is-training-ai-by-sucking-up-water/
- Published: 2023-10-02T02:03:49.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-02T02:03:49.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: NotableLinks, #Import 2025-06-13 09:20

"Microsoft's data centers in West Des Moines, Iowa guzzled massive amounts of water last year to keep cool while training OpenAI's ChatGPT-4\. \[...\] This happened in the midst of a more than three-year drought, further taxing a stressed water system that's been so dry this summer that nature lovers couldn't even paddle canoes in local rivers." [#AI](https://werd.io/tag/AI)

\[[Link](https://futurism.com/critics-microsoft-water-train-ai-drought)\]