The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is creating an unprecedented thirst for water to cool warehouse-sized data centers, threatening to overwhelm local utilities.A recent study conducted by UC Riverside and Caltech projects that within the next four years, peak daily water requirements for these facilities could surge by 697 million to 1.45 billion gallons. To support this massive draw, researchers estimate that between $10 billion and $58 billion in new water infrastructure will be required nationwide.For the construction and utility trades, this data signals a looming boom in heavy civil projects. The core problem identified in the study is extreme
