英国标准协会BSI：2025年保障水安全以促进可持续的数据中心增长白皮书（英文版）

Against this backdrop, ensuring the water efficiency of data centers becomes a global environmental priority. Data centers are among the top ten water-consuming commercial industries worldwide5. The majority of water consumption in the sector is indirect6, tied to electricity production and supply. However, a significant proportion of direct water consumption is due to data center cooling - which is currently a fundamental process to the successful operation of the centers7. Thousands of serv