"Thirsty Data Centres Spring Up In Water-Poor Mexican Town"

"The Mexican state of Querétaro struggles with a two-year drought while drawing investment for water-hungry data centres"

"COLON, Mexico - A two-year long drought in the semi-desert municipality of Colón, in the central Mexican state of Querétaro, has left many struggling with dead crops and water rationing.

But at the same time, the local government in Querétaro is giving incentives to companies to build data centres that generally use large amounts of water to cool their servers.

AI is also set to increase the amount of water data centres use as the power-intensive processors needed have greater cooling requirements than conventional servers."

Diana Baptista and Fintan McDonnell report for Thomson Reuters September 6, 2024.