OpenAI Pledges to Cut Water Use and Cover Energy Costs for Data Centers

Every time you fire off a quick prompt or query to your AI assistant, be it ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude, there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than we realize. All those responses are powered by massive data centers that reportedly gulp millions of gallons of water to keep servers cool. Modern AI infrastructure is so thirsty that a single 100-megawatt data center can use up to 2 million liters of water per day for cooling alone. That roughly translates to the daily water needs of about 6,500 households. But it seems that demand isn’t going to slow