Grateful to Eric Becker, Co-Founder of @Cresset_ , for hosting me for a conversation on AI last week. Speaking to a room full of families and entrepreneurs—people thinking about legacy, stewardship, and community—felt especially poignant in a moment where AI is reshaping the
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Data Centers Water Consumption Projected to Double by 2030
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The Bloomberg piece also cites an April report from the International Energy Agency, which estimated that globally data centers consume about 560 billion liters of water annually and that could rise to about 1,200 billion liters by 2030. 15/ https://
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AI data centers surge 70% in water-scarce US regions
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“More than 160 new AI data centers have sprung up across the US in the past three years in places with high competition for scarce water resources, according to a Bloomberg News analysis…That’s a 70% increase from the prior three-year period.” 13/
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Data Centers Expansion Worsens Water Stress in Already Stressed Regions
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Some key quotes: “Bloomberg News found that about two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.” — @Leonardonclt @dinabass & Michelle Ma 11/
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New data on AI water footprint highlighted from Bloomberg reporting
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I also want to take this opportunity to highlight new data on the water footprint of AI that has come out since I published my book. Here is a fantastic piece (gift link) with lots of figures from journalists I deeply respect at Bloomberg. 10/
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Google Data Center Water Consumption Exceeds Town’s Annual Residential Usage
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The math breakdown: Google’s enviro impact report stated the proposed data center in 2019 could use 169 L/s of potable water, or 5,329,584,000 L/yr. With a unit adjustment, Cerrillos’ residential consumption was 5,097,946,720 L in 2019. 5,329,584,000 ÷ 5,097,946,720 = ~1.045. 8/
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Innovation Accelerating Faster Than Ethical Frameworks Can Adapt
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Is innovation moving faster than our ethics can keep up? Every week we see breakthroughs that would’ve sounded like science fiction a decade ago — self-evolving AI models, bio-engineering, autonomous systems, digital identities, synthetic media. Innovation is accelerating, but
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GPT-5.1 tops ARC AGI 2 benchmark
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GPT-5.1 Thinking High from OpenAI claims a top spot on ARC AGI 2 benchmark and dethrones Grok 4. Was GPT-5.1 undehyped?
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Secure Messaging Must Survive the AI Age
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TL;DR secure messaging had better survive the ‘AI age’ or we are well and truly fucked. There’s a reason comms networks are the first target of a military siege: because they’re that important to everything else.
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GPT-5.1 as a Thought Partner: Reasoning and Emotional Intelligence
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I’d love to hear more! I’ve found GPT-5.1 to be a great thought partner so far, with solid reasoning and higher EQ. Are there specific conversations you could share?