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2026-10-08 · Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia · Water · POLLUTION
Batam villagers' taps run dry for months as data centres expand in Nongsa Digital Park
About 300 residents of Batam stormed a data centre compound in Nongsa Digital Park in October 2026, saying their taps had been dry for three months and that tanker water was dirty and smelly. After earlier protests, authorities told data centre firms to build their own desalination plants instead of relying on the island's reservoirs.
The island where locals say data centres are taking their waterBatam residents protest against data centre expansion over water shortagesWarga Batam keluhkan proyek pusat data – Air tidak mengalirRecord details
2026-08-09 · Storey County, Nevada, United States · Water · POLLUTION
Water-availability dispute over Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center challenges data-center growth
An ongoing legal battle between the developer of the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center and the park's water provider raises contested questions about whether existing water supplies can support the park's rapid data-center expansion, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing data center markets serving AI and cloud operators. The competing claims about water availability remain unresolved in litigation, and nothing has been finally determined…
Could Nevada's tech epicenter run out of water? That's the big question in an ongoing suitAs AI data centers multiply across the Mountain West, so do fears over water useThe data center boom in the desertRecord details
2026-07-15 · Arlington County, Virginia, United States · Water · POLLUTION
Lawsuit alleges AWS misreported water use at Northern Virginia data centers
In July 2026, a former AWS water sustainability program manager, Nathan Barasa Wangusi, sued Amazon in the Arlington County Circuit Court, alleging that AWS published false and misleading statements about water use at its Northern Virginia data centers and overstated progress toward its water-sustainability goals while withholding the full regional water use. AWS denies wrongdoing and says its reported water data has been independently assured…
AWS sustainability claims don't hold water, lawsuit allegesAWS faces lawsuit over allegedly false data centre water sustainability claimsAWS faces lawsuit over alleged misleading water sustainability claimsRecord details
2026-06-19 · Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States · Water · FLOODPOLLUTION
Fayetteville residents and Flint Riverkeeper plan suit over QTS data center runoff that left sludge
Residents near the QTS data center construction site in Fayetteville, Georgia, together with Flint Riverkeeper, sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue over alleged stormwater problems, saying affected water showed coagulation, persistent bubbling and sludge material indicative of chemical additives.
Fayetteville residents, Flint Riverkeeper plan suit over QTS center runoffFlint Riverkeeper and Fayetteville residents plan to file lawsuit against data center developersRecord details
2026-05-11 · Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States · Water · POLLUTION
Fayetteville neighbors lose water pressure as QTS data center draws 29 million gallons through unbilled hookups
Residents of a Fayetteville, Georgia, subdivision noticed unusually low water pressure. Investigators found two water hookups feeding the QTS data center site, one installed without the utility's knowledge and one not linked to a billing account. QTS paid about $150,000 in back charges for more than 29 million gallons; the county blamed a procedural mix-up and QTS called it a billing mistake.
Company behind Cedar Rapids data center used nearly 30 million gallons of water in Georgia without initially payingRecord details
2026-03-31 · Boardman, Morrow County, Oregon, United States · Water · POLLUTION
Amazon pays $20.5 million settlement over nitrate-contaminated groundwater near Morrow County data centers
Residents of Morrow County, Oregon, where Amazon runs several data centers, sued over worsening nitrate contamination of groundwater that reporting has linked to cancer and miscarriages. Amazon agreed to a $20.5 million class-action settlement funding private wells and water treatment, while denying that its data centers worsen the contamination.
Amazon to Pay $20.5 Million in Settlement of Class Action Suit Over Pollution in Eastern OregonThe Precedent Is Flint: How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water CrisisRecord details
2025-08-28 · Querétaro, Mexico · Water · POLLUTIONPOWER OUTAGE
Querétaro residents face water shortages as AI data centres expand in drought-hit Mexico
In Querétaro, where Microsoft, Google and Amazon have invested in data centres, local communities report drought, lack of drinking water and power cuts. Reporting documents the shortages; how much the data centres contribute has not been established.
AI demand means data centres are worsening drought in MexicoMexico's datacentre industry is booming – but are more drought and blackouts the price communities must pay?Querétaro y los centros de datos: el alto costo hídrico y socialRecord details
2025-08-13 · New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States · Water ·
AWS data center contractor intrudes into protected wetland near New Carlisle; state seeks penalties
Indiana regulators cited an Amazon Web Services contractor for an accidental incursion into a wetland at the AWS data center project east of New Carlisle and sought penalties, while AWS continued pursuing plans to build on 9.7 more acres of wetland.
State wants penalties for accidental incursion into wetland by Amazon Web Services projectRecord details
2025-07-10 · Mansfield, Newton County, Georgia, United States · Water · FLOODPOLLUTION
Neighbor says Meta data center construction ruined her well water in Newton County, Georgia
Beverly and Jeff Morris, whose home in Mansfield, Georgia is about 1,000 feet from Meta's $750 million data center, told the BBC and The New York Times that construction beginning in 2018 left sediment in their private well and their taps eventually ran dry, forcing them to haul water. Meta disputes the connection and says an independent groundwater study it commissioned found no adverse effect. Partially confirmed: the household damage is…
I can't drink the water - life next to a US data centreTheir Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next DoorRecord details
2025-05-29 · New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States · Water · POLLUTION
Wells lose water west of South Bend during dewatering for Amazon data center infrastructure
Residents near New Carlisle reported their household wells losing water while dewatering went on for construction of infrastructure serving Amazon data centers and the nearby GM/Samsung battery plant. The well failures are documented, but which project caused them had not been established.
Wells lose water west of South Bend. Homeowners question if it's from Amazon, GM projects.Record details
2023-06-27 · Adamstown, Frederick County, Maryland, United States · Water · FLOODPOLLUTION
Quantum Loophole data center site discharges into Tuscarora Creek and Monocacy tributary in Frederick County
Maryland Department of the Environment testing at the Quantum Loophole data center campus was prompted by public reports of water being discharged to Tuscarora Creek in violation of permit conditions and the site's environmental covenant, according to an MDE memo to the Frederick County Council. A later MDE inspector report documented drilling "frac-outs" discharging bentonite sediment into an unnamed tributary of the Monocacy River, and MDE…
MDE: Quantum Loophole (QL) AnswersFrederick Data Center Sampling/ReportsQuantum Loophole's Monocacy Watershed Damage Must StopRecord details
2022-08-16 · Middenmeer, Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands · Water · POLLUTION
Microsoft's Middenmeer data centers used 84 million litres of drinking water during drought year
Local newspaper Noordhollands Dagblad found that Microsoft's data center complex in Middenmeer used 84 million litres of drinking water in 2021, a year of severe water shortages, four to seven times the 12 to 20 million litres Microsoft and Hollands Kroon municipality had said it would need.
Drought-stricken Holland discovers Microsoft data center slurped 84m liters of drinking water last yearWater in, data out: Microsoft underestimates Dutch centre's thirstRecord details
· Walton County, Georgia, United States · Water · FLOODROAD DAMAGEPOLLUTIONEXPLOSION
Georgia families sue Meta, claim data center construction contaminated ...
6 days ago · Four Georgia families are suing Facebook's parent company, Meta, saying construction of its data center contaminated their well water.
Georgia families sue Meta, claim data center construction contaminated ...Record details
· Meadowlands Estates, Mason County, West Virginia · Water · FLOODPOLLUTION
Data center construction site runoff floods Mason County neighborhood
WCHS reports that water and mud from a data center construction site flooded Meadowlands Estates in Mason County, West Virginia, damaging residents’ property. According to WCHS, Nscale said its controls complied with the approved plan but unusually intense rainfall exceeded their capacity and broke a section of silt fencing. The company said it was covering cleanup and repair costs and reinforcing drainage and sediment controls.
Data center construction site runoff floods Mason County neighborhoodRecord details