Arizona is running out of water. Big Tech data centers are partly to blame.
These huge data centers use incredible amounts of water because the computing gear inside gets really hot when it processes all those YouTube videos, Zoom meetings, and mobile app sessions. Water is often used to cool the equipment. . In 2021, all the company's data centers consumed 4.34 billion gallons of water. That's so much, the company tried to put it all in context by comparing itself to that bastion of environmental stewardship: Golf courses. Google noted that 4.
There are many reasons for this. But these data centers have a part to play in Arizona's water shortage. And that doesn't even include Google's Mesa facility, which hasn't been finished yet. Facebook is still building its data center in the town, too. So more water will probably be sucked out of the state soon.
Why do big tech companies build data centers in the middle of a desert? It would be better to place them in colder areas that have more water, right?
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