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The cooling towers of the Google data centre in The Dalles, Oregon
Database topicWater

Water

The water of AI: that of electricity generation, that of on-site cooling and that of the major operators.

Water consumed over one year, 4 published values

Tech companies3 published values

  1. Meta3.12 Mm³
  2. Microsoft8.17 Mm³
  3. Google41.1 Mm³

Data centres1 published value

  1. Data centres, United States66 Mm³
Linear scale. Values published by their sources, cited in each entry.

All the entries of the topic

8 entries, each with its entry page: composition, assumptions and sources.

Header photo: Tony Webster, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

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