The EU wants to compete with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. But critics say policymakers haven’t planned for the sector’s extreme water demand.
Supercomputers are a different beast than AI data centres. MareNostrum uses 1.3MW, that’s peanuts and easily used up by hot showers, Barcelona has a lot of showers. It’s also only the 4th largest EuroHPC computer. Private investors apparently plan to build a Gigawatt worth of compute in Aragon.
Supercomputers are a different beast than AI data centres. MareNostrum uses 1.3MW, that’s peanuts and easily used up by hot showers, Barcelona has a lot of showers. It’s also only the 4th largest EuroHPC computer. Private investors apparently plan to build a Gigawatt worth of compute in Aragon.