The AI boom is fueling the demand for data centers and, in turn, driving up water consumption. (Water is used to cool the computing equipment inside data centers.) According to FT, in Virginia — home ...

Concerns are being raised over the environmental impact of Virginia’s data centers after a report revealed they have increased their water consumption by almost two-thirds in the last five years. With ...

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While energy consumption of data centers steal the headlines, the water-intensive nature of their operations are overlooked. Bluefield research: water consumption by global data centers (including ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers are expected to significantly increase global water consumption in the coming years, according to a report by Morgan Stanley. The report said annual water use ...