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Data Centers: Gobbling Up A Resource – But Not the One Most Think
March 25th, 2026
Courtesy of the Washington Post, commentary on how the expanding footprint of AI infrastructure creates a thirst for more than electricity: The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is no longer abstract. It is visible in land deals, the growing demand on the power grid and the expansion of data centers across the United States. […]
Read more »Water, Power, and the Future of Conflict
February 14th, 2026
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how rising demand and failing systems are pulling water into the center of global instability: In 2026, water is emerging as one of the world’s most contested shared resources. Water is becoming the protagonist in a story of global disruption and leverage. Droughts can escalate into diplomatic crises. […]
Read more »Securing Africa’s Future Water Needs
February 5th, 2026
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a report on Africa’s future water needs: Africa’s water systems are in crisis. From the Sahel to South Africa, 845 million people lack safely managed drinking water, and over 900 million do not have access to safely managed sanitation services. The consequences of this water insecurity […]
Read more »Water Cooperation is Under Threat
February 3rd, 2026
Via the Stimson Center’s New Security Beat, a look at how global water cooperation is under threat: Rivers, lakes, and aquifers ignore borders and politics, binding countries, people, and ecosystems together. This shared reality has long required cooperation, even among states divided by tensions or conflict. Through technical dialogue, data sharing, and joint institutions, countries […]
Read more »Rivers of Death
January 26th, 2026
Via Circle of Blue, a report on catastrophic condition of many of the world’s most important rivers: The rivers that are the lifeblood of the planet and of human civilisation are dying. Worldwide, the evidence is unequivocal, massive, unchallengeable. Humans are hastening to destroy their main source of food, drink, nature and community, as fast […]
Read more »Dramatic Rise In Water-Related Violence Since 2022
January 23rd, 2026
Via The Guardian, an article on how the climate crisis, corruption and lack or misuse of infrastructure are among factors driving water conflicts: Water-related violence has almost doubled since 2022 and little is being done to understand and address the trend and prevent new and escalating risks, experts have said. There were 419 incidents of […]
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