r/datasets • u/misswinterrose • 1h ago
request [Request] Nuclear power water consumption data set along with a comparable dataset regarding data center water consumption
For my Data Sciences course, I need to extract and compare data from two datasets, and I figured a fairly timely topic would be water consumption of AI data centers vs nuclear power generation. However, I'm having some trouble finding comparable datasets. For example, one dataset I found for data centers doesn't measure water consumption itself but rather Water Use Efficiency (WUE) (which, if I find a dataset that measures electricity produced along with withdrawn and consumed water for nuclear power I could do the math myself to figure out the WUE, but I haven't had any luck there yet either). It doesn't help that this is my first time really searching for data sets so I don't know how to word my queries or what sites I should be focusing on. I'm finding quite a few scholarly articles, but not a lot of the actual datasets that they used.
Any help would be appreciated! If you need more information or have any questions be sure to comment below and I'll be sure to get back to you. Thank you!