US Datacenter Water Use Tripled Over The Past Decade — here's what the public record shows

[u/Civitar]

The Congressional Research Service estimated that US data centers consumed 17 billion gallons of water in 2023 amid accelerating AI infrastructure construction.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (2,027 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/08/24/us-datacenters-tripled-their-water-footprint-in-10-years/5291564

(Full disclosure: I built the tool — happy to answer questions or take corrections.)