The country is betting big on data centres in the age of AI. Data centres need fresh waterData centres need fresh water. “Data centres require a huge amount of water to prevent the systems from overheating,”groundwater specialist and IIT Kharagpur professor Abhijit Mukherjee told The Telegraph Online. How much water do data centres needLike many things about AI, no one really knows just how thirsty it can get. AI specialist and IIT Kanpur professor Arnab Bhattacharya proposed large-scale implementation of a dual pipeline system, with one supplying fresh water and the other supplying recycled water, in data centres.

Source: The Telegraph February 20, 2026 02:30 UTC