Top global datacenter hubs face significant risks from rising temperatures, resulting in higher cooling needs and water consumption. Consultants Maplecroft highlight that 56% of these hubs currently experience high or very high risks from cooling degree days. By 2040, this could rise to 68% in a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario. The average rise in necessary cooling days is projected to increase by 83% from 2030 to 2080, stressing water and energy resources disproportionately as demand for AI and cloud computing escalates.
Many of the world's top 100 datacenter hubs are at risk from rising global temperatures, as growing cooling requirements push up costs and water consumption.
56 percent of the 100 top hubs for bit barns already rate as a 'high' or 'very high' risk for cooling degree days.
In a scenario of high greenhouse gas emissions, this risk is forecast to increase to 68 percent by 2040 and 80 percent by 2080.
Three-quarters of the world's datacenter hub locations will see significant and increasing cooling demands for greater periods each year.
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