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Showing posts with label drought. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drought. Show all posts

Monday, July 5, 2021

So... exactly what is the REAL cost of doing BIG TECH things like MAKING MICROCHIPS and STORING DATA 'in the cloud'?

    

Making Chips Requires Lots of Water and, Gulp, Taiwan Has a Drought

Acts of God may play a role in the next installment of the global chip crisis especially with the mainspring of the industry running dry.

By Tim Culpan | BLOOMBERG

Turns out, semiconductor manufacturing doesn’t just require multi-billion dollar factories and a lot of smarts, it also takes water. Gallons and gallons of it for every single chip. Better hope there’s no drought.

Oops, too late.