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March 22, 2024Communications of the ACMOpen Access

Thirsty Fabs

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How the surprising water footprint of semiconductor manufacturing, datacenters, and AI solutions is sparking sustainable development.

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Gregory Mone (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e72e21b6db6435876a7528 https://doi.org/10.1145/3640352

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