This is not an isolated case in the United States, a country that concentrates
approximately 30% of all the data centers in the world. Arizona, Utah and South
Carolina are well aware of the insatiable thirst of this type of infrastructure.
They are also familiar with it in the Netherlands, where Microsoft was involved
in a scandal last year when news broke out that one of its facilities consumed
four times more water than declared in a context of drought. Or in Germany,
where Brandenburg authorities denied Google permission to build a data center in
the region, as a Tesla gigafactory was already consuming too much water.
No, but that is generally what buildings are piped for. Using a simple evaporative cooler and municipal water is the easiest and likely cheapest option.
No, but that is generally what buildings are piped for. Using a simple evaporative cooler and municipal water is the easiest and likely cheapest option.