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The International Energy Agency estimates that data centers have used between 1 and 1.5% of global electricity in recent ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new cooling technology that could significantly improve the energy efficiency of data centers and high-powered electronics. The ...

UC San Diego engineers have created a passive evaporative cooling membrane that could dramatically slash energy use in data centers. As demand for AI and cloud computing soars, traditional cooling ...

Data centers have become a critical part of daily life. With the advent of artificial intelligence, machine learning and other high-performance computing, or HPC, applications, it’s estimated that ...

AI undeniably transforms industries, redefines efficiencies and drives innovation. However, as organizations increasingly adopt AI to fuel growth, more considerations than transformative potential ...

Amazon is ramping up its use of treated wastewater to cool its U.S. data centers as the company seeks to reduce its consumption of drinking water while meeting the growing demand for cloud computing ...

In June 2025, Amazon announced it was increasing the number of data centers that use reclaimed water. There are currently 20 data centers using treated sewage water for cooling, and by 2030, Amazon ...

Developers of a $500 million data center looking to build in Batavia have promised an efficient cooling system to cut down on water usage, which the city has capped at 1,000 gallons per day. The ...

District 6's Ric Galvan said policy hasn't kept up with the growth in data centers, which are projected to strain local water ...

WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, Professor and ...