Lack of big tech transparency hides reality of data center environmental costs

Lack of big tech transparency hides reality of data center environmental costs

Data centers are estimated to use hundreds of billions of liters of water and emit millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, but a new article published in Patterns found that a lack of transparent reporting from tech companies means that the true environmental impacts are likely significantly underestimated. In short: The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated that data centers consumed a total of 560 billion liters of water in …