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Thousands of extra liters of water used by Microsoft after the launch of ChatGPT. Consequences of FTX’s decision to dump billions of cryptocurrencies
Citing research by Shaolei Ren at the University of California, Riverside, OpenAI’s ChatGPT uses 500ml of water for every 5 to 50 requests it responds to. According to Ren’s report, Microsoft’s global water consumption increased by 34% between 2021 and 2022 (to approximately 1.7 billion gallons). It is the result of significant investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and collaboration with OpenAI. “It’s fair to say that most of the growth is due to artificial intelligence,” she said.