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Water, not just power, emerges as new battleground in AI race as big tech retools data center cooling

As AI spreads and competition to build data centres intensifies, water is emerging as a key resource alongside power. Large volumes of water used for server cooling are becoming a burden for local communities, pushing big tech to adjust cooling strategies. SpaceX warned water shortages and regulation could affect future development. Companies are looking for different solutions, while studies point to trade-offs between water use and power demand, and community opposition is growing.

AI & Enterprise

U.S. data centre projects face backlash over power and water use as AI demand rises

Large-scale data centre projects in the United States are being delayed or cancelled as they run into power infrastructure constraints and local opposition, even as demand surges with the spread of artificial intelligence. Estimates put data centres’ 2023 electricity use at 176 terawatt-hours, about 4.4 percent of U.S. consumption, with AI potentially lifting that share to 10 to 20 percent. Disputes also centre on natural gas turbines, noise, water use and rising electricity bills.

Industry

SK hynix, climate ministry step up public-private water positive cooperation

SK hynix will start a water positive project to restore the aquatic ecosystem of the Namdaecheon river in Yangyang, Gangwon Province. The company signed an MOU with the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, Yangyang County, Korea Water Resources Corp and Korea Environment Corp for an ageing weir improvement project. The initiative will run from 2026 to 2037 and aims to secure river flow and restore fish habitats.