Rapidly Growing Water Demand For Data-Centres

Information recently obtained (by the Financial Times) has revealed that a huge spike in water consumption by dozens of facilities in Virginia’s “data-centre alley” likely means new initiatives to replenish or conserve water resources are urgently needed. 

Usage Up By Two-Thirds 

The county authority figures show that water consumption at the data-centres of hyperscalers which surround Ashburn, VA (which host a staggering 70 per cent of the world’s internet traffic daily) was up by nearly two-thirds between 2019 and 2023 – from 5 billion litres to 7 billion litres!