AIThe Registerabout 3 hours ago
US datacenters triple water use in decade
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US datacenters consumed about 17 billion gallons of water in 2023, triple the 2014 amount, per Congressional Research Service estimates. Indirect water use via electricity generation accounted for over 80 percent of the total. Municipal systems supplied 97 percent of water to facilities.
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