In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.

If the projections of data center load growth from the region’s major utilities become reality, these new facilities in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah could have annual water use ...

And power generation generally guzzles water, too, thereby increasing data centers’ indirect water use. Most of the water used by Google’s data centers in 2023 was drinkable.

OXFORD, United Kingdom, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New research from GWI has found that onsite water consumption for data center cooling is forecast to increase by just over 50% by 2030 ...

New data from Global Water Intelligence reveals impact of hyperscale data center boom on onsite water consumption and unprecedented growth in water technology and ...

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh government is focussing on getting Godavari River water data for nearly 50 years to buttress its case for getting the Polavaram-Banakacherla project okayed by the ...

Data centers are expanding across the central U.S. to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence. That's raising concerns about growing energy demand and freshwater usage.

Then Upper Thames launched the Collaborative Water Data Viewer (CWDV). It’s an interactive, open-data portal that allows access to real-time environmental monitoring data.

Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.

The heaviest user by far is Google’s data center in Henderson, consuming 352 million gallons of water in 2024, according to data obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Natural Resources Wales data shows Welsh Water was responsible for 132 sewage spills in 2024.

Welsh Water has recorded the highest number of sewage pollution incidents in 10 years, new data shows. The figures, released by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) on Friday, showed the water company ...