LübbenauGerman data centres may need 27 billion litres by 2030.
The Öko-Institut, for Greenpeace, estimates 13 billion litres in 2025, so demand more than doubles.
Data centres of 100 megawatts or more use 200 to 930 million litres, depending on cooling technology.
Germany’s federal government plans to double capacity by 2030 and cannot give reliable water figures.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- sets the Öko-Institut/Greenpeace 13bn-litre estimate against the government's admitted lack of water data
Sources: netzpolitik.org