In the US, datacenters can consume anywhere between 300,000 and four million gallons of water a day to keep the compute housed within them cool.
This level of water consumption, understandably, has led to concerns over water scarcity and desertification, which were already problematic due to climate change.
By 2027, global AI demand could account for the withdrawal of 4.2-6.6 billion cubic meters of water annually, roughly half the UK's water withdrawal.
Mitigating datacenter water consumption isn't as simple as ditching evaporative cooling towers for waterless alternatives.
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