US data centers are expected to use 660 billion litres of water in 2020
How much water do data centers use?
Why do data centers use water?
13 min readJun 10, 2020
There are several components which make up environmental footprint of a data center. Energy usage is a big one — 1–1.5% of global electricity usage — but it is not the only one. Water is also a factor.
