Asia is pouring hundreds of billions into chip fabs and data centres, but building them on a foundation that is quietly running dry. Around 70% of the world’s major aquifers are in long-term decline, and by 2050, a third of global GDP could be under high water stress.

From Taiwan’s drought-exposed fabs to India’s competing claims on groundwater to Pakistan’s water dispute at the UN Security Council, this report maps out how an overlooked resource is fast becoming the defining risk to Asia’s industrial and digital ambitions, and what investors and planners are missing by not pricing it in. Click below to read more.