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   RR>> I have always said both the cloud and AI are bad.   
      
   MP>> I do not use cloud storage persoanlly, so don't be pointing fingers here!   
      
   MP>I don't (on purpose anyway) here, either.  My guess is that they want the   
     >extra storage that "the cloud" is using for AI and are therefore blaming   
     >cloud users for what is really being caused by increased AI usage... energy   
     >and water usage, etc.   
      
   If I recall this was more about water usage than electricity use but   
   suggestied that less data stored on servers would reduce the amount   
   of water needed to cool them. I'd think a big part of the water part   
   of it would depend on if coolant is recycled or just dumped with new   
   water coming in to replace it, and where that water is coming from.   
   Pretty much anything could be used but I suppose if the servers are   
   in a city then it's a huge waste of clean, processed, drinking water.   
      
   I half wonder if people mining Bitcoin aren't a bigger problem   
   than cloud storage..   
      
   Personally, I do use a cloud account for files I need to transfer   
   between multiple units or files I temporarily park there for others   
   to download, but I doubt I have 5 meg of total data on there..   
      
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