US data centers are now consuming three times more water than they did almost a decade ago.
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Data centers in the United States consumed approximately 66 billion liters of water directly in 2023, representing a threefold increase compared to the 21.2 billion liters recorded in 2014, according to estimates from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Simultaneously, infrastructure expansion continues to accelerate to support artificial intelligence advancements. Amazon Web Services plans to incorporate two million Nvidia graphical processing units into its data centers between 2027 and 2028, reinforcing the company's computing capacity.
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Infobae (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (AR)Focuses on the significant environmental impact and rising water consumption.
Infobae (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (AR) (Amazon/Nvidia)Focuses on corporate infrastructure expansion and hardware investment for artificial intelligence.
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