The water component of manufacturing often goes overlooked. AI and data centers require vast amounts of water for cooling, while something like pharmaceutical manufacturing requires extremely pure water. Donnie Ginn, Black & Veatch executive vice president and global water solutions leader, explains how his engineering firm is meeting those water needs through utility water supply projects. From resilient storage solutions to sustainable reuse operations, the business opportunities in the water sector are clear.
This story originally ran as AI and data centers splash into the water engineering market on Wastewater Digest, an Endeavor Business Media partner site.
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Bob Crossen
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Bob Crossen is the vice president of content strategy for the Water and Energy Groups of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B. EB2B publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions in its water portfolio and publishes Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore Magazine, T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge in its energy portfolio. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor. Crossen can be reached at [email protected].