AI Data Centers Use Less Water Than One Steel Plant

An analysis puts AI data center water use in context: South Korea's Gwangyang steel plant consumed about 9.8 billion gallons on-site in 2024, roughly half of all US data centers' on-site water use, suggesting the debate needs industrial-scale perspective.

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