Will Utah data center use 16B gallons of water and span almost 3 Manhattans? What to know

The center, backed by Canadian billionaire Kevin O'Leary, has faced relentless pushback from communities near the proposed ...

When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket

In a Thursday blog post, Amazon claims its data centers withdrew “about 2.5 billion gallons” globally in 2025. That number ...

Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries

According to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries.
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Denver water cuts are here. What happens to golf courses, fountains, and data centers?

"There are no daytime rules on when these features can/can't operate." ...

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country as a whole

Every internet search, streamed video and AI-generated response depends on a data center somewhere. Driven by rapid growth in ...