#62 Thirsty datacenters in the heart of Silicon Valley with Masheika Allgood

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#62 Thirsty datacenters in the heart of Silicon Valley with Masheika Allgood

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A month ago, Google released its 2024 sustainability report. Its overall water consumption increased by 28% in a year. Less publicized than the data center energy boom, water is also pivotal for the Tech industry and data is even scarcer. To better understand this secret but serious love affair between big tech and water, what better location to investigate than its birth place? Yes. THE silicon valley. And no one there is better qualified to explore the topic than Masheika Allgood who lives in Santa Clara and recently created a Data Center Water Consumption Calculator based on public data. Over their conversation, Gael Duez and her covered: - The astonishing amount of water used by data centers in California and why it could have been even worse - “Back to the loop” & the limits on the efficiency gain from new cooling technics - Air pollution & the trade-off of heat reuse in urban area - The unignorable noise pollution - How big tech lawyers have an edge on city council and community activism And much much more! ❤️ Subscribe, follow, like, ... stay connected the way you want to never miss an episode, twice a month, on Tuesday!

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