DATA CENTERS AND WATER: What Congress found

This page summarizes a July 31, 2026 Congressional Research Service report on data centers and water, covering how much water data centers use, why they need it for cooling, and how AI growth is raising local supply concerns, including possible Colorado River water use in Arizona. People land here searching for how data centers affect Western water supplies, and the excerpt shown is partial, so the later sections on cooling types and proposed legislation are not visible.

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