EU moves toward regulating data center energy and water use
CIO
MAY 15, 2024
By comparison, 1 megawatt of power is enough to power 750 to 1,000 homes for a year. A hyperscale data center can use up to 200 million gallons of water per year to cool its hardware, and nearly all that water evaporates, making it impossible to recycle. Even a small data center can use six to seven million gallons per year.
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