US Data Center Water Use Only 4% of Golf Course Irrigation, Study Finds

A UC Riverside study estimates US data centers consumed 19-23 billion gallons of water in 2024, only about 4% of golf course irrigation, challenging claims that data centers strain water supplies.

2026-11-07 ~ 2026-11-07 · 3 related posts

• Golf courses and almond farms use orders of magnitude more water than datacenters — aronchick · 2026-11-07
• Data centers' water use vastly overstated: just 4% of US golf course irrigation — kimmonismus · 2026-11-07

1 near-duplicate retellings: kimmonismus