3 resultsfor “impact of drought on US datacenters”
impact of AI is far larger than datacenters themselves, however. A January [study](https://www.xylem.com/en-lt/about-xylem/newsroom/press-releases/ais-water-demand-to-surge-nearly-130-by-2050--new-research-shows-how-to-build-a-water-secure-ai-economy/) found that datacenters will be responsible for just 4% of the 30 trillion gallons of extra water that will
impact analysis](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/05/01/box-elder-county-data-center-increase-carbon-emissions/). The network of industrial-scale fans needed to cool the datacenter’s hot pipes will result in so much waste heat that it could raise daytime temperatures in the surrounding
drought and wildfires which have exposed a growing share of the population to harmful ozone, the report said. The regions most affected by high ozone levels include south-western states from California to Texas