Five Proven Strategies to Cut Data Center Water Consumption

Executive Briefing

• Reveals data centers consume 560 billion liters of water annually, projected to double by 2030
• Closed-loop cooling systems eliminate evaporative water loss by recirculating the same water indefinitely
• Direct-to-chip cooling removes up to 98% of server heat, drastically cutting energy and water demands
• AI-driven GPU density increases cooling needs fivefold compared to traditional CPU workloads
• Heat reuse projects in Ireland and Scandinavia demonstrate waste energy can warm homes and businesses
• Warns 45% of IT professionals say current data center design fails to meet sustainability goals