Report says national push for AI data centers leading to outsized energy, water consumption

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 5, 2026

Words: 582

Last Updated: 5 days, 8 hours ago

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A new report from the climate advocacy nonprofit Food and Water Watch says artificial intelligence data centers across the nation consume outsized amounts of energy, undermine progress toward adopting clean energy portfolios and threaten limited water supplies.

The report, which was published Wednesday and is titled The Urgent Case Against Data Centers, calls the proliferation of these developments “one of the greatest environmental and social challenges of our generation.”

The report finds that one …

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