KETOS Report
Water Quality Preparedness in the Age of AI
Report
The hidden impact of AI that no one is talking about is the likelihood of significant wastewater discharge from AI-focused data centers.
Download Our Report on Water Quality Preparedness in the Age of AI
Capex on AI-focused data centers is forecasted to grow at a massive annual rate of ~20-30% through 2030. While attention and focus is on whether we’ll have the electricity and compute power needed for AI-focused data centers, very few are discussing the downstream impact of water consumption – and the resulting wastewater discharge that comes with it.
This report shed a light on the affects AI will have on data centers, water usage, and wastewater remediation. It will also showcase how the exponential growth of AI-focused infrastructure will greatly affect water resources (based on the outlined) tradeoffs and how we urgently need to prepare. While there is an unspoken risk of severe strain on the existing global water quality infrastructure if the forecasted trends play out, it is still possible to put solutions in place to manage the upcoming spike in wastewater production.
In This Report You Will Learn About:
- Projected AI Data center capacity expansion by the numbers
- Cooling in data center operations: conventional versus AI-focused
- Water consumption and discharge projections based on impending AI demand
- Implications of increased wastewater discharge due to AI
- What we can do to prepare
Download Our Report on Water Quality Preparedness in the Age of AI
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