EVERY AI QUESTION YOU TYPED TODAY USED HALF A LITRE OF WATER. NOBODY TOLD YOU WHERE THAT WATER COMES FROM.

That is not an estimate. It is a peer-reviewed finding from the University of California published 2025. 500 millilitres per 100-word AI prompt. Used to cool the servers processing your request. Gone. Not returned.

Microsoft used 1.69 billion gallons of water globally last year for its data centres. A 34 percent increase on the year before. Those numbers are from their own sustainability report.

There are now data centre facilities in Auckland pulling 100 megawatts each.

Part 1 of The Data Centre Series drops tonight at 6pm. What these buildings actually drink. The number the industry does not want you thinking about.

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