{"id":119070,"date":"2025-04-10T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plant-act.org\/?p=119070"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:25:44","slug":"revealed-big-techs-new-datacentres-will-take-water-from-the-worlds-driest-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plant-act.org\/ru\/2025\/04\/10\/revealed-big-techs-new-datacentres-will-take-water-from-the-worlds-driest-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Big tech\u2019s new datacentres will take water from the world\u2019s driest areas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Revealed: Big tech\u2019s new datacentres will take water from the world\u2019s driest areas<\/span><\/h1><\/div>
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Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are rapidly expanding their data centers into water-scarce regions around the world<\/strong>, including parts of the US, Spain, and other continents. These centers use large quantities of water for cooling, which raises concerns in drought-prone areas already facing water shortages.<\/p>\n

Investigations by SourceMaterial and The Guardian<\/em> found that:<\/p>\n

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  1. The companies are planning a 78% global increase in data centers, many in arid zones.<\/li>\n
  2. Water use is often not fully disclosed, and mitigation efforts like “water offsetting” are controversial.<\/li>\n
  3. Critics argue that offsetting doesn\u2019t help the local communities that actually lose access to water.<\/li>\n
  4. In Spain’s Aragon region, new Amazon data centers are licensed to use massive amounts of water, sparking local resistance.<\/li>\n
  5. Google and Microsoft also have major data center developments in dry areas like Arizona, despite extreme drought conditions.<\/li>\n
  6. Some tech experts and activists are calling for a moratorium on data centers in vulnerable regions, warning of ecological damage and unfair resource use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>
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    Although the companies claim to be working toward being “water positive” by 2030, many experts and insiders doubt the effectiveness or ethics of their strategies.<\/p>\n

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    Read full article: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/apr\/09\/big-tech-datacentres-water<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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