Australia data centre firm NextDC reports rising water, energy use with profit beat

The company's water usage effectiveness (WUE) ratio climbed to 2.40 litres per kilowatt-hour in the year to June, from 2.25 the prior year, while its ‌power usage effectiveness (PUE) ⁠ratio, ⁠which measures how much electricity a data centre needs for cooling and other overheads, rose to 1.49 from ​1.44. Both metrics have worsened for three consecutive years.