AI Center Needs Three Million Gallons Of Water

By Douglas McIntyre  •  October 17, 2025

A new Microsoft AI data center in Michigan will use 2.7 million gallons of water from Lake Michigan. That number could double in a few years. As hundreds of new data centers are built between now and 2030, the source of water has become as important as the source of electricity. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, discusses.

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