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Big Tech Data Centers Deplete Water From Scarce Sources Around the World

Big tech companies are building data centers that “use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas,” according to an April 2025 report by Luke Barratt and Costanza Gambarini, based on a joint investigation by Source Material, a non-profit…

Big tech companies are building data centers that “use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas,” according to an April 2025 report by Luke Barratt and Costanza Gambarini, based on a joint investigation by Source Material, a non-profit investigative journalism outlet, and the Guardian. In 2023, for example,…

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