💦 The Real Water Cost of AI Isn’t Inside Data Centers. But Tech Companies Don’t Report It.

Big Tech claims AI data centers don’t use much water.

But data centers typically report the water used inside the facilities — we found them indirectly consuming 10x that amount. We went to the drought-stricken West, where farmers now have to fight AI oligarchs for water.

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