The physical backbone of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and modern commerce, data centers are surging in Texas. Though the energy demands of these facilities have garnered mainstream attention, HARC’s paper brings a critical, under-discussed issue into focus: their massive water footprint.
The report, Thirsty Data and the Lone Star State: The Impact of Data Center Growth on Texas’ Water Supply, indicates that without modernized planning and policy updates, the state faces a collision between finite water supplies and one of the world’s most resource-intensive industries.
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