# Visualizing Water Consumption: US Data Centers

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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2023 alone, US data centers consumed an estimated </span>**17 billion gallons**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of water. That's 52,171 </span>[acre-feet](https://hydraulogistics.at/link/16#bkmrk-acre-foot)<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of water, enough to cover a </span>**10.2-mile-wide circle**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> in a foot of water!</span>

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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**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, which is longer than the combined length of all of Houston's 5 major bayous (175 miles). </span>