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:
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.
Oh Catte! Thank heavens I'm not crazy. And leave it to Kit to be onto it! I'm going to read it now. I don't even understand how I missed this whole horrifying thing. To me this is the pivotal moment: Does humanity want to help the environment and people or AI and technology and utopian dystopias? We should have a freakin worldwide vote. Going off to read now.
And then it will be nuclear reactors. For the outrageous use of electricity. that will come when they start talking about the dirty electrical systems harming the environment. I can't figure out how they'll spin it but it will come soon enough.
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/
Hi Catte. I still haven't gotten to Kit's articles. I'm so absorbed in watching our democracy die on the vine. I'll get there.
Oh Catte! Thank heavens I'm not crazy. And leave it to Kit to be onto it! I'm going to read it now. I don't even understand how I missed this whole horrifying thing. To me this is the pivotal moment: Does humanity want to help the environment and people or AI and technology and utopian dystopias? We should have a freakin worldwide vote. Going off to read now.
Also, in China the data centres are located off shore with solar and wind power somehow I heard. Odd.
And then it will be nuclear reactors. For the outrageous use of electricity. that will come when they start talking about the dirty electrical systems harming the environment. I can't figure out how they'll spin it but it will come soon enough.