AI’s hidden water footprint may have reached 765 billion litres in 2025 — consumed in data-centre cooling and the power plants supplying them. That’s more than twice the volume of bottled water the entire world buys in a year. – Silicon Canals

According to Silicon Canals, artificial intelligence infrastructure may have consumed approximately 765 billion liters of water in 2025 through data-centre cooling systems and associated power generation facilities. The publication notes this volume exceeds twice the global annual bottled water consumption, highlighting the substantial environmental impact of AI’s operational demands.

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