When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket

In a Thursday blog post, Amazon claims its data centers withdrew “about 2.5 billion gallons” globally in 2025. That number ...

Energy, water use, and pollution by data centers is expected to double in four years

By 2030, data centers will account for nearly 3% of the world’s projected electricity use, according to a study.

Will Utah data center use 16B gallons of water and span almost 3 Manhattans? What to know

The center, backed by Canadian billionaire Kevin O'Leary, has faced relentless pushback from communities near the proposed ...

Amazon says its data centers use 2.5 billion gallons of water

Amazon.com Inc. said its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water worldwide last year, or about 5% of the amount metro ...

Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries

According to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries.

5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country as a whole

Every internet search, streamed video and AI-generated response depends on a data center somewhere. Driven by rapid growth in ...

EU plans energy standards for data centres amid concerns over soaring power use

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union will develop minimum energy-efficiency standards for data ...
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How Americans View Data Privacy

Pew Research Center has a long record of studying Americans’ views of privacy and their personal data, as well as their online habits. This study sought to understand how people think about each of ...

Microsoft limits employee use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns, The Verge reports

June 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft is limiting employees' use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 because of the AI startup's new data ...