Report says national push for AI data centers leading to outsized energy, water consumption

Report says national push for AI data centers leading to outsized energy, water consumption

Protesters gathered outside and attended a Sept. 19, 2025, Doña Ana Board of County Commissioners meeting to urge elected officials to vote against the $165 billion bond for the massive data center project known as Project Jupiter. (Leah Romero for Source NM)A new report from the climate advocacy nonprofit Food and Water Watch says artificial intelligence data centers across the nation consume outsized amounts of energy, undermine progress towar…