Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
- Written by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Columbia River running through The Dalles, Oregon, supplies water to cool data centers.AP Photo/Andrew SelskyAs demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but also a significant amount of water. Data centers...