Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months
2026-05-11 · Ars Technica
A data center quietly chugged through 30 million gallons of water before anyone bothered to notice — because apparently the AI industry's insatiable thirst for resources is only a problem when someone actually checks the meter. The endless compute demands of AI are literally draining communities dry, and the oversight is about as reliable as a chatbot's fact-checking.