Data Centers Use 627M Gallons Daily, Far Less Than Cattle or Power Plants
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-20
Citing Axios data, U.S. data centers use 627 million gallons of water daily. In contrast, cattle consume 137 billion gallons and power plants 133 billion gallons. Even golf courses are estimated to use 3x as much water as data centers.
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