Terms of use
Last updated 21 October 2026
Ownership
Thirsty AI, including its name, design, text, graphics, code and analysis, is © 2026 Praddy (Dr Pradeepika Kaushik). All rights reserved, except for the open results data described below.
Open results data
The derived results offered under "Download the data" on the site are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0): anyone may share and adapt them, including commercially, provided they cite the work as shown below. One file, country-locations.csv, is derived from OpenStreetMap and is offered under the Open Database Licence (ODbL 1.0). The licence covers the data files only, not the site's code, design or text.
What you may do
- Use the website to explore, learn and research.
- Quote findings and figures with a citation (below) and a link to the site.
- Share links and screenshots of the site with a citation.
- Download, reuse and republish the open results data under its licence, with a citation.
- Request access to the analysis code for verification by research groups and public bodies; access is granted by the author in writing.
What you may not do without written permission
- Copy, reproduce, modify or redistribute the site's code, design, text or graphics.
- Build another website, product or service from the Work, or present it as your own.
- Scrape the site automatically or mirror it.
- Use the site's code, design, text or graphics for commercial purposes.
How to cite
Kaushik, P. (2026). Thirsty AI: Is AI drinking our water? Satellite evidence of water and land change around the world's largest AI data centres. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0767-3983
Sources
The atlas is built on public data from NASA, USGS, ESA/Copernicus, WRI, GBIF, Epoch AI, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Our World in Data, Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap, each under its own licence. Those data are not owned by Thirsty AI and remain available from their providers under their original terms. Use of these data does not imply endorsement by their providers. Quotations are attributed to their authors and do not imply that the authors endorse this site.
No warranty
The atlas reports satellite measurements, models and published figures with their stated uncertainty. It is provided as is, without warranty, and is not a substitute for local hydrological assessment or legal advice.
Contact
Permission requests and corrections: Dr Pradeepika Kaushik on ORCID.