HG Ventures flags US data center buildout straining local water, power infrastructure - QQQ News | RalliesHG Ventures flags US data center buildout straining local water, power infrastructure
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QQQ• HG Ventures analysis highlights infrastructure strain from data center growth
- HG Ventures analysis flagged accelerating U.S. data center buildouts as a growing strain on local power and drinking-water systems.
- Estimated total U.S. data center water consumption at about 390 billion gallons a year, including on-site cooling and upstream power generation.
- LBNL data showed U.S. data centers used 192 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, equal to 4.7% of total U.S. demand.
- Investment in data centers, hardware, networking reached about 1.4% of GDP in early 2026, with roughly half of GDP growth tied to equipment.
- Policy playbook urged capacity-payment requirements, reclaimed-water systems, waste-heat reuse, and peak-demand curtailment to shift costs off households.
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