New research: water & data centers

So far this year, bills in Georgia and Oklahoma, have called for a moratorium on new data center development until the impacts on power, water, and communities can be further studied.

Couple this with these two new reports:

(1) A report from Xylem, a water technology company, found that water demand for data centers will grow by 129% by 2050 or about 30 trillion liters of water each year. 

(2) (2) Research from the British Standards Institution and water efficiency nonprofit Water wise found that the explosion of data center development increases water insecurity.

Route Fifty | Researchers warn of AI, data centers’ water impact