… The Big Data Center Buildup is transforming the West (and other regions) as quickly and radically as the post-war Big Buildup of coal plants and other power infrastructure in the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. … As I’ve written here before, data centers use huge amounts of energy and water, and if they keep sprouting like weeds in business parks and rural areas, then they very well could not only hamper, but reverse the transition away from fossil fuels.

Other data center water use news:

• 10/12 Industry Report: Blog: Data centers’ thirst for water raises sustainability questions
• Tech Monitor: Blog: Data centres are popping up everywhere. Will they drink up all our water, too?
• The Wall Street Journal: Google wants you to know the environmental cost of quizzing its AI