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The largest data centers can guzzle millions of gallons of fresh water a day. Roughly 40% are located in the most water-stressed areas of the country, Business Insider found.

A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

By 2028, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory forecasts that U.S. data centers could use as much as 12% of the nation's electricity. The reason: generative AI. Since 2022, AI innovation by four ...

Amazon data center in the Portland, Ore., area in 2022. (AWS Photo / Noah Berger) Amazon Web Services is more than halfway to its 2030 goal of being “water positive” — meaning it replenishes ...

Some of them are now reconsidering. Since 2010, Virginia has exempted large data centers from its state sales and use tax. It’s now home to the largest data center market in the world.

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.