… Flexential’s North Las Vegas facility is one of more than 30 data centers spread across the Las Vegas Valley. Other facilities belong to companies such as Switch and Google, which has a site in Henderson. … In Nevada, the country’s driest state, the recent growth of generative artificial intelligence has put increased attention on data centers’ power demands and the water needed to cool servers. … Out of a list of 23 data centers provided by the Las Vegas Valley Water District, the city of North Las Vegas and the city of Henderson, Google’s site had the highest estimated water use in 2024 at roughly 352 million gallons. The Flexential facility used around 20 million gallons. The sum of every facility’s estimated usage in 2024 was more than 716 million gallons. 

Other data center water use news:

• News From The States: Tucson deal: ‘Project Blue’ data centers would thirst for water & electricity
• Arizona Daily Star (Tucson): Editorial: Information outage keeps Project Blue in the dark
• BBC World Service: Video: How AI uses our drinking water