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Cape Town data centres raise water and power concerns

Cape Town's Housing Assembly raised concerns about data centres' water consumption and electricity use. No current outage or shortage is established.

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Rapid data-centre growth could increase pressure on constrained municipal water and power systems.

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  1. Housing Assembly raises concerns over Cape Town data centres' water, power usage ↗ewn.co.za · Recorded source date: Sep 15, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC
  2. Bell AI data centre expansion raises questions over power, water and local impact ↗cbc.ca · Recorded source date: Sep 16, 2026, 3:47 AM UTC

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