NEW: Information and guidelines for communities and policy makers, "Water Use in Data Centers: What do we need to know?"
Data Centers and the Water Crisis, August 2025, by Sandra Steingraber, senior scientist and writer in residence, Ted Schettler, science director, and Carolyn Raffensperger, executive director. Our science and legal experts consider the rapid proliferation of data centers that is taking place within an accelerating water crisis driven by climate change. Read here.
Clouds That Make Clouds, August 2025, by Sandra Steingraber, senior scientist and writer in residence. In her monthly newsletter column, Dr. Steingraber considers water as it relates to clouds: "Both kinds. The metaphorical ones where our data are stored and fluffy ones up in the actual sky of our actual planet." Read here.
Please also see the Water page on our coalition website Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Facts.