AI Workloads Push Data Center Water Use to Nearly One Trillion Liters Annually
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence workloads has driven U.S. data center water consumption to nearly one trillion liters per year, according to industry reports and investigative analyses. The figure marks a significant increase from prior years, with cooling systems accounting for a major portion of the usage, officials said. A report on NaturalNews.com stated that “the artificial intelligence boom has an invisible cost that most Americans have never been warned about — water” [1].
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