One Quarter of Global Data Centers are Located in Water-Stressed Areas

Lorenzo Rosa, Matteo Sangiorgio, Bridget R. Scanlon, Marco Mazzotti, Joseph Berry, Anna M. Michalak

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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6c08088
Published: 2026-09-24
Container: Environmental Science & Technology
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
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@article{allodium:10.1021/acs.est.6c08088,
  title = {One Quarter of Global
Data Centers are Located in
Water-Stressed Areas},
  author = {Lorenzo Rosa and Matteo Sangiorgio and Bridget R. Scanlon and Marco Mazzotti and Joseph Berry and Anna M. Michalak},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Environmental Science \&amp;
Technology},
  doi = {10.1021/acs.est.6c08088},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c08088}
}

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TI  - One Quarter of Global
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AU  - Matteo Sangiorgio
AU  - Bridget R. Scanlon
AU  - Marco Mazzotti
AU  - Joseph Berry
AU  - Anna M. Michalak
PY  - 2026
JO  - Environmental Science &amp;
Technology
DO  - 10.1021/acs.est.6c08088
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Rosa, L., Sangiorgio, M., Scanlon, B. R., Mazzotti, M., Berry, J., & Michalak, A. M. (2026). One Quarter of Global Data Centers are Located in Water-Stressed Areas. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c08088

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