American data centers in just seven states are reportedly using more water than all the cities in California

Photo credit: Erik Mclean via Unsplash. Article by Rahim Amir. TechRadar – September 7, 2026. Click here to view report at www.ceres.org

Non-profit think tank Ceres has published a new report analyzing the water used to generate electricity for data centers across Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Arizona. Ceres estimates data centers use 3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater a year, or 10.4 million acre-feet. Bloomberg Law’s Bobby Magill compared that unfavorably against the 8 million acre-feet California uses annually for urban purposes, a figure from a 2021 Legislative Analyst’s Office report. […]

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