Europe’s dream of expanding homegrown AI is hitting a resources problem – with push back against power hungry data-centres and their growing thirst for water necessary to keep racks of servers from over-heating.

That’s a serious problem, given that expanding AI has become a top political priority across Europe. Those same water resources are needed by farms and power stations, intensifying the fight over water as droughts become more frequent.

For example, French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted an AI Action Summit in Paris in February, wants the country to become a go-to destination for AI investment, which means luring more data centres onto French soil. France already hosts 322 data centres, and plans to ease permitting to host the more powerful data hubs underpinnin

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