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Data Centre Drought

25 min

Available until 02/11/2028

06/11/2025

In Chile water is disappearing, and not just because of drought. Data centres have been built on the outskirts of the capital Santiago for google and other tech giants, encouraged by the socialist government. But the amount of water they suck up to cool their servers is having a significant impact on water levels in the surrounding area.

Director

Pierre Morel

Author

Pierre Morel

Image

Pierre Morel, Ariel Marinkovic

Editing

Thibault Leclerc

Production

Hikari Films

Producer

Frédéric Lafont

Fixer

Mauricio Rabuffetti

Country

France

Year

2025

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