>With the talk of AI data centers' impact on the world,
The global impact of data centers is negligible. There are measurable local impacts. It remains a small percentage of global electricity use. Electricity is less than a quarter of world energy use (increasing that percentage is one of the best things we can do because long term renewables win).
There are local demands for data centers. Infrastructure strain, from new builds etc.
A lot of that is dependent on the local situation, for instance water use in any area that performs regular irrigation will have additional use of water, but the relative quantities lean heavily towards irrigation.
The global impact of data centers is negligible. There are measurable local impacts. It remains a small percentage of global electricity use. Electricity is less than a quarter of world energy use (increasing that percentage is one of the best things we can do because long term renewables win).
There are local demands for data centers. Infrastructure strain, from new builds etc.
A lot of that is dependent on the local situation, for instance water use in any area that performs regular irrigation will have additional use of water, but the relative quantities lean heavily towards irrigation.