In 2026, water is emerging as one of the world’s most contested shared resources. Water is becoming the protagonist in a story of global disruption and leverage. Droughts can escalate into diplomatic ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas – “I remember something hitting me in the head,” said Leo Romero Jr., who survived the Kerr County floods. “Next thing I know, the house is gone.” Romero was one of several ...

For as long as humans have prayed, they have probably prayed at water places. Water often moves us to wonder, joy, terror or peace, and many times, water—whether it ...

In an age of accelerated climate change and increasing environmental stress, water is becoming an ever scarcer strategic natural resource. Water, however, is not just an elixir of life, but is also ...

Steam from St. Joseph Energy Center, a gas-fired power plant, rises over New Carlisle, Indiana, where Amazon Web Services has built a data center. Photo @ J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue A six-decade ...

The proliferation of data centers in Arizona raises concerns about the strain on the state's water and power resources. Existing and planned data centers in Maricopa County could nearly double the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The irony is striking: You're running a data center with ...

Editor’s Note 10/23/24: Since this story was first published, officials in Buncombe County, North Carolina, home to Asheville, have reported they overcounted the death toll in their region by as many ...

As water shortages loom in Texas, the fast-growing data center industry is under intense public scrutiny for the large amount of water many of these facilities use to stay cool. In response, data ...

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...