Their data centers are absolute water chugging units, and that’s not a compliment. They suck up so much water from the rest of the population, it makes me wonder if the ex-CEO of Nestlé maybe had a point when he said we should be charging for water that isn’t used for “fundamental needs.”

Just consider, in Mesa, Maricopa, Meta has one datacentre, Google has another and is building two more, while Microsoft already has two. But the state of Arizona denied permits to construct homes, specifically citing a lack of groundwater.

And I haven’t even mentioned the other health effects it seems to be having on local populations

But if can take a moment to be a little more selfish, the cost of RAM as a result of this whole stupid thing has especially pissed me off. The price for DRAM and NAND have gone so out of control, we can’t get the pricing for new technologies cause they’re still under review due to unclear memory costs. Steam decks are completely sold out, with no new models being developed, and while they haven’t said anything, I have no doubts that this will delay the release of the Steam machine, much like how Sony is now considering a delay to the PlayStation 6 for the same reason.