CERES REPORT: Water Behind the Watts: The Hidden Risk of Powering Data Centers Guest Contributor Planning and management August 25, 2026The report spotlights data centers’ biggest and least visible water use: the power that runs them From CERES: While data...
KNOWABLE: How much of a problem is AI’s water use? Knowable Magazine Planning and management August 25, 2026It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it’s a problem...
WATER FOUNDATION WHITE PAPER: Water and data centers Maven Planning and managementReports August 24, 2026Data centers are a major topic in 2026, with near-daily news coverage. They are being built in the United States...
RIDGECREST: Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority submits comments to CEC outlining basin concerns on proposed Inyokern data center Indian Wells Valley Planning and management August 24, 2026Press release from the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority: The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (IWVGA) submitted a comment letter...
THE CONVERSATION: There’s a better way to cool data centers that cuts their huge thirst for water The Conversation Planning and management August 20, 2026By Jeff Punch, University of Limerick Water is an amazing substance. The human body is made up of more than...
SJV WATER: Will AI data centers soak up the last of the valley’s water? SJV Water Planning and management August 15, 2026By Monserrat Solis and Lisa McEwen Questions about artificial intelligence and jobs, ethics, even the end of humanity may be...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Desert data center developer challenges Imperial County moratorium in court Courthouse News Service Planning and management July 29, 2026An Imperial County Superior Court judge questioned whether the California county identified a sufficient emergency to justify a halt on...
C-WIN: Data center construction fueled by government subsidies CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN) CommentaryPlanning and management July 2, 2026Working and middle class communities will be paying for decades Commentary from the California Water Impact Network While most Americans...
DATA CENTERS: Alliance for Water Efficiency releases data center primer for water service providers Guest Contributor Planning and management June 27, 2026From the Alliance for Water Efficiency: The Alliance for Water Efficiency, in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the...
CAL MATTERS: This million-square-foot data center would be the biggest in the state. How local leaders are challenging it. Cal Matters Planning and management June 23, 2026A million-square-foot data center became a lighting rod in this rural county. Local leaders filed lawsuits, proposed laws and organized...
C-WIN: The “thirst” for data CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN) CommentaryPlanning and management June 23, 2026The last thing California needs is a new unregulated use for water From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): As...
GRIST: A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields. Grist Planning and management June 18, 2026A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage. By Jake Bittle, Grist...
CAL MATTERS: Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much Cal Matters Planning and management May 17, 2026Data centers are expanding into water-stressed California communities. Lax disclosure rules keep the public in the dark about actual water usage....
SJV WATER: Water a big question for proposed AI data center in eastern Kern desert SJV Water Planning and management May 9, 2026By Lois Henry, SJV Water Assurances that a “highly efficient hybrid cooling system” will keep a proposed AI data center...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water? Inside Climate News Planning and management April 29, 2026A 330-megawatt data center proposed in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst...
