What uses more water: golf courses or data centers?

Golf courses and data centers both require significant water. Which has the bigger footprint? Who uses more water?

AI data centers use far more water than most tech giants report

Water used at the power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be much greater than the water used in the data ...

Microsoft says its data centers use 90% less water than its earliest facilities as public concern grows

Microsoft cuts data center water intensity by 90% and hits a major replenishment milestone as tech giants face growing public backlash over resource consumption.

Nvidia says it can cut data center water use. The AI boom has a bigger problem

Hotter-running liquid cooling could reduce the need for evaporative cooling on-site. But the facilities’ appetite for ...

When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket

In a Thursday blog post, Amazon claims its data centers withdrew “about 2.5 billion gallons” globally in 2025. That number sounds incredibly large at first glance, but it looks downright puny compared ...

Will Utah data center use 16B gallons of water and span almost 3 Manhattans? What to know

The center, backed by Canadian billionaire Kevin O'Leary, has faced relentless pushback from communities near the proposed site.

AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that

As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our ...

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...