→ The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-centers-water-data/
“#Tech giants are racing to expand with new — and larger — data centers to support #AI, consuming more #resources, including water. That only adds to concerns that #communities facing water shortages will have to compete with #datacenter operators to access clean water.”
“Data centers typically #evaporate about 80% of the #water they draw, discharging 20% back to a wastewater treatment facility […].”

