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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s AI Industry Could Use More Water Than South Korea by 2030
April 17th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on the growing water footprint of AI in China: Hong Kong think tank says annual water use by Chinese data facilities – almost half of which are in dry regions – could more than double by 2030 It takes 20 times more water to have a ChatGPT conversation […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s ICT Sector Running Dry?
April 12th, 2024
Via China Water Risk, a new report on the rise of AI and the climate risks which amplify existing water risks faced by thirsty data centres: CWR releases a new report, “China ICT running dry? The rise of AI & climate risks amplify existing water risks faced by thirsty data centres”. The report reveals 4.3mn data […]
Read more »China Ships Tibetan Glacier Water To Climate-Threatened Maldives
April 2nd, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on China’s recent shipment of bottled Tibetan water to the Maldives, a shipment that is both ironical and also impactful given India’s geopolitical interest in the Maldives and ongoing tensions between India and China: China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the […]
Read more »Geopolitics of Hydrography: Ruling the Waves Means First Understanding What Lies Beneath
March 30th, 2024
Via the Lowy Institute, a report on the growing competition among India, China and others to chart international waters as well as the exclusive economic zones of countries around the region: Hydrography, the mapping of bodies of water and surrounding coastal details, is the new front in the battle for influence in the Indian Ocean. […]
Read more »China Changes Tack on Water Politics
March 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how – long a source of tension with its neighbors – China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation: Sixteen major rivers originate in China that supply fresh water to nearly 3 billion people in 14 Asian countries – more than a third of the world’s population. As “Asia’s […]
Read more »Mekong River: Future of Water Cooperation In The Region
March 21st, 2024
Via China Water Risk, an interesting interview on the Mekong River Commission Secretariat which discusses the organisation’s priorities, the changing landscape of the Mekong River & the future of water cooperation in the region: In this interview we sit down with Dr. Anoulak Kittikoun, CEO of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRC) to discuss the organisation’s priorities, […]
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