Impacts of Cooling
Visualizing Water Consumption: US Data Centers
In 2023 alone, US data centers consumed an estimated 17 billion gallons of water. That's 52,171...
Visualizing Water Consumption: Hyperscale Data Centers
Just one hyperscale data center uses about 200 million gallons of water per year; enough wate...
Visualizing Water Consumption: Non-potable vs Potable
This figure highlights the contrast between city rainfall and the scale of water consumption by...
Comparing Impacts by Cooling Type
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) = Facility power (kWh)/IT equipment power (kWh) Water Usage Ef...
Trends in Data Center Efficiency
Recent years have witnessed a shift in the U.S. data center size, with the top panel showing ho...
Data Centers in Hot, Dry Climates
In hot, dry climates, the high water demand from data centers can put immense pressure on the l...
Data Centers in Coastal Areas
Image: A Google data center in Finland that utilizes seawater cooling Coastal areas may appear...