Data centers use large amounts of water to cool their servers and routers, and the amount of water used is expected to double or quadruple by 2028, posing a potential threat to local water supplies.
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Peyton McCauley/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Data centers use large amounts of water to cool their servers and routers, and the amount of water used is expected to double or quadruple by 2028, posing a potential threat to local water supplies.
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