AI’s Secret Water Crisis: How Data Centers Are Depleting Freshwater Reserves Around the World
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June 8, 2026
Each time the AI uses ChatGPT to write a 100-word email, it consumes approximately 519 milliliters of water, which is almost the volume of a standard water bottle. This number comes from Peer-reviewed 2025 papers Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren of the…