The Internet Is Running Out of Water

Data centers are running out of water to cool their servers with. And they keep asking for more. Support me through Patreon: - or donate anonymously: Monero: 84DYxU8rPzQ88SxQqBF6VBNfPU9c5sjDXfTC1wXkgzWJfVMQ9zjAULL6rd11ASRGpxD1w6jQrMtqAGkkqiid5ef7QDroTPp Bitcoin: 1FuKzwa5LWR2xn49HqEPzS4PhTMxiRq689 Ethereum: 0x6aD936198f8758279C2C153f84C379a35865FE0F In the United States, data centers are consuming 1.7 billion liters of water per day. Compared to the total daily water consumption of 1,218 billion liters, that’s less than %. Sounds like a negligible amount. Until it’s not. Because the reality is, only one third of data center operators are measuring their water consumption. And the water that gets measured is only the one used directly for cooling. But there is a much bigger hidden cost to running a data center than that. Sources Data center water consumption