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Data centers are significant consumers of natural resources, and while carbon emissions and electricity consumption often capture most attention, water usage is also gaining increased recognition. Water is essential in data center cooling systems to control the heat produced by these massive facilities, ensuring their internal servers run uninterrupted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Globally, the top 250 data center companies comprise a mix of cloud service providers (CSPs), retail colocation firms, and wholesale data center operators. These data center providers and operators deliver power and cooling infrastructure in highly specialized buildings that house computer servers and network equipment.

The rapid growth of data generation fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed how data is stored, processed, managed, and transferred, while increasing the demand for computing power across cloud and edge data centers. To meet the demand generated by AI, data centers are evolving and adapting their design, power infrastructure, and cooling equipment in various unique ways.