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By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns (unu.edu)
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[โ€“] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 39 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It makes sense with the context in the article, but "triples that of 650 million" is a very strange way to say "almost 2 billion".

[โ€“] inbn@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

Also funny that the other big number, 1.3 billion, is literally double 650 million. Maybe they split it it up because the numbers are tied to specific geographic areas with specific water/energy quantities but yeah it does not read very well