AI data center expansion faces opposition as Microsoft (MSFT.US), Google (GOOGL.US), and other tech giants respond to power and water concerns.

Zhito Finance APP has learned that as the AI boom drives rapid expansion of data center construction, its enormous electricity and water demands are raising growing concerns among communities and regulators. Tech giants such as Microsoft (MSFT.US), Google (GOOGL.US, GOOG.US), and Amazon (AMZN.US) intensively responded to related questions this week during a climate conference held in New York, seeking to ease external concerns about rising electricity bills, water consumption, and power grid pressure.