Between the water needed to cool computer equipment at data centers and generate the electricity needed for those centers, researchers estimate that global AI demand could account for 4.2 billion ...

When big infrastructure projects spring up, one crucial law — the National Environmental Policy Act — has for decades been a ...

"I can't live in my home with half of my home functioning and no water," Beverly Morris told the BBC. "I can't drink the water." Morris lives about 400 yards from a Meta-owned data center.

It seems the sudden rise of data centers in Texas is too fast for the State Water Plan to catch up in a timely manner. “The world just moves faster and faster,” Mace said.

An independent review of the water sector last week cited data centres as one of the factors that are likely to mean water bills rising by 30pc over the next five years. The report, by Sir Jon ...