In the years ahead, there might be a new neighbor sucking up even more water: a massive AI data center. Large data centers can also use up to 5 million gallons of water a day — more than a quarter of Scranton’s daily demand. There’s the resource demand — data centers use massive amounts of water and energy to operate. How many AI data centers will land here? “Announcements of these data centers sometimes overlap… the same data center is announced in multiple regions.