
Aug 31, 2026
✦Financial Express
AI boom puts Jamnagar, Thane under water stress
Jamnagar and Thane face high water stress as the AI boom drives up data centre cooling needs. Rystad said, "Data centres consumed 222 billion liters of water directly for cooling in 2025, but that figure could nearly triple to just under 644 billion liters by 2030 in our risked central case."