Require Comprehensive Accounting of Projected Water Sources

Increasingly, data centers are tapping into freshwater resources. Applicants must specify their water footprint, including blue sources (surface water and groundwater), piped sources (municipal water), and gray sources (purified reclaimed water). For blue sources, data centers must break down their expected sourcing of surface water and groundwater.1

  1. Miguel Yañez-Barnuevo, Data Centers and Water Consumption, Environmental and Energy Study Institute, June 25, 2025, https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/data-centers-and-water-consumption. ↩︎