Gradiant, a global leader in advanced water and wastewater solutions, has been awarded two new contracts by leading technology companies to design and deploy sustainable water solutions at new data centers in the United States and Indo-Pacific. These facilities-critical to powering AI and cloud infrastructure-are increasingly located in some of the most water-stressed regions in the world.
Gradiant’s solutions will enable these developments to meet aggressive sustainability goals while minimizing their impact on local water resources and communities. The projects underscore Gradiant’s growing role as the go-to water partner for the world’s most important AI infrastructure owners and operators.
As the world accelerates toward an AI-first future, data centers—the invisible engines powering cloud computing, AI, and global connectivity-are emerging as both drivers of innovation and major consumers of water. An average 100-megawatt data center in the U.S. uses as much water each day as 6,500 households. Globally, data center water use is projected to more than double by 2030, reaching 1,200 billion liters annually.
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Many of these new sites are being built in water-scarce regions such as the U.S. Southwest, the Middle East, and Australia—driven by proximity to energy, land, and local incentives. With growing regulatory pressure and environmental scrutiny, water strategy has become mission-critical.
“In today’s climate reality, building a data center without a water strategy is not an option,” said Anurag Bajpayee, CEO of Gradiant. “These facilities are as thirsty as they are power hungry. Our clients are asking how to eliminate wastewater, how to operate in drought-prone regions without harming local communities, and how to do it all while scaling AI infrastructure at lightning speed.”
SOURCE: Businesswire