Ann Vaughan

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The MeatEater Podcast · Ep. 902: The Pros, Cons, and Complications of Data Centers · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

It depends on what we end up

putting in as the power source, right?

If we don't build coal plants, you know, that's a whole lot better for the water supply.

Got it.

But the Texas could end up having, you know, right now it's only, data centers are only 0.4% of water use, but growing water needs for AI could bump up just in Texas the water supply.

used directly and indirectly from AI to as much as 5%.

And that would be, you know, that would exceed that of livestock and mining.

It would still be well short of irrigated farming.

But there are places that are water stressed where, you know, it is not trivial, the buildup of what we're trying to, what the tech industry is intending.

Why are they picking it?

The very biggest factor is power.

So we have an aging power grid.

And while we have lost some power users because we have deindustrialized, we have a grid that has not kept up with the progress of the economy and now needs, both because of extreme weather,

And just general age needs a lot of investment.

And the power grid just cannot handle gigawatt scale power just anywhere.

So what is a gigawatt?

A gigawatt is as much power as the whole city of San Francisco or Denver consumes.

It's a, it's a capacity figure.

You can also look at, at energy as a per hour, but like this, you need plants capable of producing this much, a gigawatt.

Correct, or more.

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