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Why are figures so different?
The story shows a big difference between Altman's remembered figure and a study's calculation for water use per query. This discrepancy can arise from various factors, such as different methodologies for measuring water consumption, varying assumptions about the efficiency of data centres, or simply misremembering the exact numbers.
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