Globally, the Total Consumption of Data Centers Reached 560 Billion Liters of Water in 2023, According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its Energy and AI Report (April 2025). And the Trend Continues
By LauraAboli
Globally, the total consumption of data centers reached 560 billion liters of water in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its Energy and AI report (April 2025). And the trend continues…
The institution anticipates a spectacular rise in the coming years, with volumes potentially doubling to 1,200 billion liters per year by 2030.
According to a joint investigation by Source Material and The Guardian, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft alone plan a 78% increase in the number of their data centers.
Here we’re talking about water consumed, which is different from water withdrawn.
The latter accounts for the total amount of water used for the construction, operation, and maintenance of data centers.
According to the IEA, the amounts of water withdrawn are rather on the order of 5,000 billion liters in 2023, and more than 9,000 billion liters projected for 2030.
Meanwhile, we can’t water our gardens.
Original source: https://t.me/LauraAbolichannel/87538
