#water-scarcity

#water-scarcity

As I started to photograph the well, Mustapha stepped forward, instinctively leaning in to look inside. That spontaneous gesture transformed the scene completely.

The community was initially approved for construction on 29,000 acres in the early 1990s and was dreamed up as a massive project featuring thousands of homes, half a dozen golf courses and even a hotel.

"We have lived forever without enough water," said Thomas Bajada, a marine biologist and recently elected member of the European Parliament.

"We have lived forever without enough water," said Thomas Bajada, a marine biologist and recently elected member of the European Parliament.

"AI data centers, built for companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and xAI, have been criticized for their huge energy demands, but their eye-popping water usage hasn't been as publicized."

Amy Sample Ward highlights the complexities of AI's environmental impact, noting that while technology has always had detrimental effects on communities, AI compounds these issues.

"Under good conditions - meaning a humidity level of 75 percent and an ambient temperature of 30-35C - we are capable of producing up to 500,000 litres of water in 24 hours," the founder of the company, Jacques Benveniste, told French daily Le Parisien.

In the dystopian environment of Mad Max: Fury Road, Immortan Joe commands the water supply, exemplifying how life’s necessities can be wielded for power. This struggle is parallels current water scarcity issues stemming from austerity, privatization, and corporate interests.