Not just AI, server farms in general are using a LOT of water
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/10/under-appreciated-existential-threats-of-ai-drinking-water/
Microsoft alone uses over 1.7B gallons of water for cooling. An Iowa server farm used 11M gallons of water in July 2022 - 6% of the total water used from the West Des Moines IA water supply.

Link to the AP story - not sure why the MDM outlets are not picking up this story. 

 @e7cebe76 I don’t understand, where is the water going?  If it’s to cool the electronics, aren’t those usually closed loop systems where you fill it once and not again? 

 @e7cebe76 So where does all this water go? Does it just go poof into the void? 

 @e7cebe76 Doesn't almost all of the water go back for re-use?