{"id":263632,"date":"2025-07-21T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:05:25","slug":"why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cl1ctf1_JxE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cl1ctf1_JxE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Data centers are worsening global water scarcity. As tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft ramp up computing power for AI and cloud services, their facilities are consuming enormous amounts of water and electricity. This video explores real-world examples from Uruguay, Chile, the US, and Sweden to reveal the staggering water demands of data centers \u2014 and the local conflicts and protests they\u2019re sparking. Why are server farms often built in drought-prone regions? What role do companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft play? Can we balance environmental protection with technological advancement?<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro &#8211; Protests against data centers<br \/>\n00:45 Uruguay: Google and the water shortage<br \/>\n03:35 The big players: Amazon, Microsoft, Google<br \/>\n04:00 Billions of liters of water evaporate<br \/>\n06:07 Chile: Enormous electricity and water demand<br \/>\n07:33 What&#8217;s being done differently in Sweden<br \/>\n09:46 Citizen participation<br \/>\n10:30 Grok and Memphis<br \/>\n12:04 Lack of transparency: Cagey tech companies<br \/>\n13:06 Role model DeepSeek?<br \/>\n13:25 Water positive &#8211; is that possible?<br \/>\n13:52 What we can do<br \/>\n14:07 Outro &#8211; Data centers and environmental protection<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data centers are worsening global water scarcity. As tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft ramp up computing power for AI and cloud services, their facilities are consuming enormous amounts of water and electricity. This video explores real-world examples from Uruguay, Chile, the US, and Sweden to reveal the staggering water demands of data centers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":263633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[137853,129601,142908],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-263632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-centers","tag-data","tag-worsening"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T14:05:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cl1ctf1_JxE\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T14:05:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-2999.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Centers\",\"data\",\"worsening\"],\"articleSection\":[\"DW News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-2999.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T14:05:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-2999.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-2999.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-07-21T14:05:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cl1ctf1_JxE\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business","datePublished":"2025-07-21T14:05:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/"},"wordCount":230,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-2999.jpg","keywords":["Centers","data","worsening"],"articleSection":["DW News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/","name":"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-2999.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-21T14:05:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-2999.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-2999.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-data-centers-are-eating-up-enormous-water-resources-transforming-business\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263632"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=263632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}