Visualizing Water Consumption: US Data Centers

In 2023 alone, US data centers consumed an estimated 17 billion gallons of water. That's 52,171 acre-feet of water, enough to cover a 10.2-mile-wide circle in a foot of water!

Estimating the average cross-sectional area of a bayou channel at 2,400 square feet, the 17 billion gallons of water consumed by US data centers in 2023 could fill 179 miles of bayou channels, which is longer than the combined length of all of Houston's 5 major bayous (175 miles).