☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> are operating <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/datacentres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacentres</span></a> that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, the non-profit investigatory organisation <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SourceMaterial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SourceMaterial</span></a> and the Guardian have found.</p><p>With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations already living with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> scarcity.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ProjectStargate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectStargate</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SoftBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftBank</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MGX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MGX</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water</span></a>></p>