of course
Based on local infrastructure logs and industry baselines for the 6 data centres operating in the Waterloo area, the total combined water consumption estimates are:
Daily Total Estimate: Between 300,000 and 30,000,000 litres per day.
Annual Total Estimate: Between 109.5 million and 10.95 billion litres per year.
Now… so construction of new houses is being blamed and they are stopping construction. NOT a SINGLE mention of data centres. So we can assume that housing is secondary to data centre consumption. So why promise so many new houses? Wow… It’s just a question of whether we want to trade fresh water for AI Intelligence. But then again, people and their choices don’t much matter anymore. And Calgary, btw, has the largest number of data centres in Canada if we remember the ongoing crisis last summer there. This interview is spin. But you won’t know that. Not unless you look. You will be told it is the drought and perhaps now too much housing construction. These explanations all serve an agenda we won’t be privy to until its too late of course, I am only following this issue now because there are so many issues….
To compare :
Excluding data centres, the Municipality (City) of Waterloo consumes approximately 13.06 billion litres of water annually.At a broader level, the entire Region of Waterloo (which includes the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge) consumes 52 billion litres of water annually.City of Waterloo Consumption NumbersAccording to the latest City of Waterloo Drinking Water Quality Report, municipal consumption breaks down as follows:Average Daily Consumption: 35.79 million litres per day.Average Monthly Consumption: 1.09 billion litres (\(1,088,577\text{ m}^3\)) per month.Average Annual Consumption: 13.06 billion litres (\(13,062,924\text{ m}^3\)) per year.Per Capita BreakdownIndividual Usage: The average resident in the region uses 154 litres of water daily.Residential vs Commercial: Approximately 60% of the municipal supply goes toward residential properties, while the remaining 40% goes toward industrial, commercial, institutional, and infrastructure system loss.
Have you seen this Syl?
https://off-guardian.org/2026/06/05/faking-water-bankruptcy-part-1-data-centres/