The tech bros spent millions developing technology to fake this look on smartphones. They had to create an AI brain, neural networks, on-chip AI processing, and train that tech on millions of images. All of that requires massive data centers that are environmental destroyers, especially here in Arizona. They add to our heat island effect and consume water that we cannot spare.
Dude, they don't "consume" water. They are provided water from SRP, which is then either pumped back into the ground or sent out into the city for used by the citizens, since after-all, the water is just used for cooling, and not polluted.
Just so you're aware, Intel gets 9 million gallons of water per day from the city of Chandler. Do you
really think that could continue for more than a few weeks/months, unless that water is being returned, to be pumped right back into the aquifer? I don't think so. It would be
totally unsustainable. Besides, where do you think the water goes? Do you see massive clouds of water vapor rising from data centers and chip fabs? No. What do you think happens to it? Do the employees drink it?
This misconception that data centers "consume" water is a bunch of malarkey.
Just so you don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that every drop of water sent to Intel is pumped right back into the aquifer. They do use some of the water for cleaning, flushing toilets, washing hands, humidifying the air in some environmentally controlled rooms, etc. Some of the water does not get pumped right back into the aquifer, but I'm sure most of it does. They certainly don't need nine million gallons per day for watering the garden, flushing toilets, and washing their hands, and humidifying the air only uses a tiny bit of water, no matter how big that facility is. No doubt there are other uses that I have not mentioned, but my guess is at least 8 million gallons is used for general system cooling purposes, and then pumped right back into the aquifer, which makes for a very efficient geothermal cooling process, and MUCH more environmentally friendly than those roof-mounted heat exchanger systems you see on a lot of data centers and office buildings in other places. Frankly I don't know why more commercial buildings are not cooled and heated using geothermal cooling/heating, rather than standard air conditioning/heat pump systems, which are much less efficient.
I think shallow DoF is a great look for the right situation. And here, it's real versus the fake smartphone effects.
Sorry to get off topic here, but I just can't stand to see misconceptions spread this way.
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