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AI's hidden water footprint may have reached 765 billion litres in 2025 — consumed in data-centre cooling and the power plants supplying them. That's more than twice the volume of bottled water the entire world buys in a year.
AI's estimated 2025 water footprint of 765 billion litres exceeds twice the annual global volume of bottled water purchases.