The computing power for the metaverse is unlike anything we’ve seen and it will require a huge amount of support from the physical world to support its offer of an unrestricted digital universe. While this will no doubt create huge demand for more power and cutting-edge computing sites, it will also require billions of gallons of water in the coming years, which, frankly, we don’t have to spare. For context: Google reported that only its sites consumed more than 4.3 billion gallons of water in 2021.

With consumer expectations for the metaverse including little to no “lag” (also known as latency), enterprises looking to capitalize on metaverse opportunities will be forced to establish an edge data center presence at…