New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- The Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom could soon put heavy pressure on global water resources, with data centres projected to increase their water consumption eleven times by 2028, according to a report by Morgan Stanley.
The report said, "AI data centres will drive annual water consumption for cooling and electricity generation to approximately 1,608 billion litres by 2028 (our base case)- an 11 times increase from 2024 estimates."An 'AI data centre' is a specialised and highly advanced facility designed to meet the demanding requirements of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads.
It consumes a massive amount of water primarily for cooling, as the servers and routers inside these facilities...