Data centre water records
Data centre water records, with the disclosure basis stated on every one.
The largest concentration of data centre capacity in the world. AWS reports a company-level water usage effectiveness and uses reclaimed water at several Virginia sites.
One of Google’s largest campuses. Google publishes site-level water withdrawal and consumption annually, making its US sites among the most transparently reported data centres anywhere.
Subject of a multi-year public records dispute over disclosure of its municipal water use, resolved when the figures were released — an early landmark in data centre water transparency.
Reported in connection with large-scale AI model training, and cited in academic work estimating the water footprint of training runs.
Ireland’s temperate climate permits extensive free cooling, so water use is low relative to warm-climate sites. Grid electricity capacity, rather than water, is the binding constraint on D…
Designed to use treated water from an industrial canal rather than drinking water — one of the clearest examples of siting cooling water demand away from potable supply.
A rapidly growing cluster in a water-stressed region of Spain, where planning and environmental documentation is the principal public source of water demand information.
Meta publishes facility-level water figures and reports a relatively low water usage effectiveness at temperate sites.