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Lookout Santa Cruz: California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?

Lookout Santa Cruz: California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?. “More than 90% of data centers in the U.S. get most of the water they need for cooling from municipal systems, estimated Shaolei Ren, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside. During the hottest summer days, a large 100-megawatt facility can use about 1 million gallons of water for evaporative cooling. …
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ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz broke the news on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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