America’s AI Boom Is Running Into An Unplanned Water Problem

America’s AI boom is driving a surge in data center construction—along with rising water demand. Why water is becoming the ...
Scientific American

World has entered an era of ‘global water bankruptcy,’ U.N. warns

Humans are using more water than the Earth can support, with many water sources already damaged beyond repair, the report ...

The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means

Like living beyond your financial means, using more water than nature can replenish can have catastrophic results.

New study reveals global patterns of plant intrinsic water-use efficiency

Intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) reflects how efficiently plants assimilate carbon relative to water loss at the leaf ...

Microsoft rolls out initiative to limit data-center power costs, water use impact

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general ...
Times of San Diego

Opinion: A water district using its own water shouldn’t be controversial

A water district drawing down water from its own reservoir should not be controversial. It should be expected. That is, quite literally, what reservoirs are built for: to store water in wet times and ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...