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Data center water consumption is spiraling out of control
Energy usage might be front of mind amid the AI era, but surging data center water consumption is raising serious concerns among industry stakeholders
The energy costs associated with this expansion have been well publicized, and Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have all made concerted efforts to show they are scaling up to meet this demand in a responsible way by investing heavily in sustainable data centers. Speaking to ITPro, Ghinwa Chammas, director of group sustainability at the British Standards Institution (BSI), noted that unlike green energy, water is a finite resource that needs to be managed responsibly. In 2022, a Google-owned data center in The Dalles, Oregon received scathing criticism from residents after the local authority revealed the facility used one-third of the city's water supply for cooling purposes.
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