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sino • 4 months ago

The rogue province of Taiwan is paying farmers to not grow rice because they need the water for AI chip manufacturing instead.

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The rogue province of Taiwan is paying farmers to not grow rice because they need the water for AI chip manufacturing instead.

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sino • 4 months ago

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/13/1169462995/taiwan-makes-tough-decisions-as-it-faces-its-worst-drought-in-nearly-a-century

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ProletarianDictator [none/use name]
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4 months ago
why is manufacturing chips so water intensive?

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  4 months ago
  mostly cleaning the wafers and stuff https://www.wired.com/story/want-to-win-a-chip-war-youre-gonna-need-a-lot-of-water/
  
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