Inside the data center boom that's consuming Chile's last water

May 29, 2026 - 04:26
Updated: 4 days ago
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Data center facilities at the Quilicura wetland north of Santiago, Chile, operating amid severe regional drought.

The Quilicura wetland, just north of Chile's capital, Santiago, has the largest concentration of data centers in Latin America. Consuming billions of liters of water annually, data centers have exacerbated dry conditions in a swamp already suffering from the worst drought in over 100 years of recordkeeping.

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