Water consumption by dozens of facilities in Virginia’s “data centre alley” has jumped by almost two-thirds since 2019, as environmental campaigners warn that demand for computing infrastructure is set to “explode” due to artificial intelligence.
The US state of Virginia is home to the world’s largest concentration of data centres, including facilities used by Big Tech groups Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
The vast warehouses full of computers and networking gear used at least 1.85bn US gallons (7bn litres) of water in 2023, according to records obtained by the Financial Times via freedom of information requests.
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