I won't share Hank's video because it feels like spreading pro-big tech propaganda, but you can find it on his YouTube channel.
The video, imo, feels way out of character for Hank. It's confusing, manic, and out of touch.
The video lacks any coherent takeaway, besides the encouragement for his audience to continue arguing over the semantics of water consumption, and not the material harms these data centers and their energy use cause local communities.
The debate over AI energy and water consumption doesn't exist in a vacuum.
Hank's video, too, exists in a moment of protest. Working class communities are fighting against data center proposals in their small towns. Increased cost of living is a key argument of the protest.
To discuss AI water consumption without contextualizing the debate; without sharing who's affected if Hank is wrong, is a dishonest omission.
Hank makes no mention of any of this until the last 30 secs of a 24 min video.
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