Table of Contents - The Water-Power Nexus: How Data Centers are Reshaping the U.S. Water Landscape
Section 1 – Defining the U.S. Data Center Power Landscape
- Data Centers’ Power Use Comprises Majority of Their Water Footprint
- Market Disruption Scaling Power Needs Put Greater Focus on Water
- AI Boom Increases Demand for Electricity
- Hyperscale Power Consumption from Data Centers Jumps
- Data Center Market Transitions over Time
- Data Center Pipeline Underpins Water and Power Impacts
- Current Data Center Capacity Highlights Key Hot Spots
- Emerging Trend of AI Giga Factories Pushing Limits of the Grid
- Emerging Trend AI Giga Factories: Additional Information
Section 2 – The Data Center Disruption: The Impact on the Power Sector
- Demand Increase to Disrupt Power Sector’s Declining Water Use
- Fuel Mix Projection Altered Amid Data Center Power Demand Spike
- Water Use Efficiency for Natural Gas Generation Improves Over Time
- Closed Loop Adoption Trade-Offs Amid Power Plant Cooling Systems
- Power Generation Trend Timelines Resulting from the Data Center Boom
- Data Centers’ Near-Term Impact on the Power Sector’s Water Footprint
- Data Centers Leverage Nuclear as a Carbon-Free Power Source
- Data Centers Push for New Natural Gas Plants
- Looking Forward – Key Market Variables & Barriers to Watch
Section 3 – State Profiles: Power Generation and Data Center Activity
- Research Methodology
- Ranking Leading Data Center States: Power & Water Attractiveness
- Bluefield’s Data Center Index Weighs Power & Water Risk
- Texas
- Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- Arizona
- Ohio
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- California