According to an S&P Global analysis, the global semiconductor industry consumed as much water in 2021 as the city of Hong Kong.
Water consumption for chip fabs and data centers will rise as the demand for chips grows.
The chip fabs stored the TCE underground, but tanks sometimes ruptured, leaking the chemical into the local groundwater and soil.
Now, chip fabs must work with local governments to meet water management and waste disposal requirements.
Several researchers are investigating ways to reduce and recycle water in chip manufacturing.
Persons:
—, Prakash Govindan, Steve Proehl, Packard, Govindan, he's, fabs, Paul Westerhoff, TSMC, Jensen Huang, Huang, Anuradha Murthy Agarwal, Agarwal
Organizations:
Service, Business, Intel, AMD, Philips, Hewlett, Environmental, Agency, Arizona State University, Micron, Nvidia, MIT's Materials Research Laboratory
Locations:
Hong Kong, Taiwan, American, Santa Clara , California, Valley's Santa Clara County, . Arizona, Colorado, Phoenix, Denver