Public panic bulletin · water
66 billion liters. That’s too many liters.
Berkeley Lab modeled that much direct on-site water consumption for the entire U.S. data-center fleet in 2023. We have declined to divide it by anything.
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The same 66B L is less than six hours of U.S. irrigation consumption.
That comparison restores national scale; it does not erase local water pressure. The numerator is Berkeley Lab’s modeled 2023 direct on-site consumption. The denominator is annualized 2015 U.S. irrigation consumption from USGS.