"QTS estimates the two initial data halls will consume 2.3m litres of water annually, according to documents it submitted to Northumberland county council. Yet applying De Vries-Gao's methodology to the electricity generation required for the site's AI servers produces a figure more than 50 times higher, at 124m litres a year, according to analysis by Watershed Investigations and the Guardian."
"When all the 10 planned halls are operational, the Cambois campus could indirectly consume about 621m litres annually equivalent to the average yearly use of more than 11,000 people. The company uses a closed-loop system, which typically reuses the same water repeatedly for cooling, but uses more energy to chill the machines. QTS says there will be no pressure on water supply for people in the north-east fromits direct datacentre operations."
Northumberland council approved the first phase of a hyperscale datacentre campus at Cambois. The operator estimates two initial data halls will use 2.3m litres of water annually and promotes a closed-loop, water-reusing cooling approach. Applying a power-and-water footprint methodology to the electricity required for the site's AI servers yields an indirect water figure of about 124m litres a year for the two halls. Full build-out of 10 halls could indirectly consume roughly 621m litres annually, equivalent to the yearly use of over 11,000 people. The operator states its power is typically carbon neutral and that it does not control water used in power generation.
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