Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health.

Kansas City has some of the most hyperscale data center activity in the state. The state should take this proven step to ...

Data centers are an economic boom in some areas and are behind the artificial intelligence economy. However, the cost to communities that host them is still in question.

Electricity gets the headlines, but water is the quiet second input that will shape where—and how fast—the United States builds data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) compute, and other tasks.

With water scarcity rising across the West, data centers have been cast as a new environmental villain. Headlines ...

Some South Carolina data centers use hundreds of millions of gallons of water every year. State proposals would require data ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two new hyperscale data centers are coming to Kansas City’s Northland, boasting economic growth and infrastructure upgrades. But at what cost? Before we break down the potential ...

Tekleen highlights uninterrupted water filtration for AI driven data center cooling, cutting fouling, water use, and ...

While Montana might not be viewed as an artificial intelligence hotbed, it is considered among the top states in the country with potential to “power the AI revolution.” ...

Just one Google data center in Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 -- enough to supply all of Iowa's residential ...

As data centers expand rapidly, especially in arid regions like Phoenix, water availability becomes a critical design ...

The fastest‑growing piece of America’s artificial intelligence infrastructure is colliding with one of its most finite local resources: water. As utilities, state regulators, and local governments ...