Free Chrome Extension

Capping your
water footprint,
one cup at a time.

Cup Caps is the first real-time tracker for the hidden water cost of your AI queries — and then it connects you directly to the organizations working to protect it.

💧 Add to Chrome — It's Free
~500ml
per 20 ChatGPT queries
Free
always · no account needed
8 orgs
direct donation links
💡 Did you know?
How it works

Simple.
Invisible.

Cup Caps runs quietly in your browser. You use AI normally — it handles the tracking.

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🔌
Install the extension
Add Cup Caps to Chrome in 15 seconds. No account required. Works on Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, and more.
02
📊
Track your usage
See your daily water count in fl oz or ml. The cup fills as you use AI — switching to a gallon jug when you hit a gallon. Set a daily limit and get notified.
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Take action
Browse direct links to 8 water conservation organizations. Every link goes straight to their donation page — no middleman, no processing fees.
The real cost of AI

Water isn't free.
Even online.

Data centers use enormous amounts of water to cool their servers. That cost is invisible to users — Cup Caps makes it visible.

~30ml
per AI query
A single message to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini evaporates roughly 30ml of water through data center cooling — about one fluid ounce.
700K
liters · GPT-3 training
Training GPT-3 alone consumed an estimated 700,000 liters of water. Enough to fill a small swimming pool.
2B+
people lack clean water
While AI data centers consume water at scale, over 2 billion people globally still lack access to safe, clean drinking water.
8
US states · Ogallala Aquifer
The Ogallala Aquifer spanning 8 US states is being depleted by agriculture and data center growth faster than it can recharge.
The people protecting it.

Offsetting your footprint.
Support the cause.

AI uses more water than most people realize — from rural aquifers across the United States to communities worldwide without clean water access. These organizations are working to protect it. Cup Caps links directly to each one — we never handle donations.

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Water.org
Global Access
Market-based solutions bringing safe water and sanitation to millions across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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Charity: Water
Global Access
100% of donations fund clean water projects. Every project GPS-tracked and independently verified.
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American Rivers
US Watersheds
Protecting US rivers and watersheds — including those near the data centers that power AI tools.
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Pacific Institute
Policy & Research
Researching the water footprint of data centers and corporations, driving smarter water policy.
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Water For People
Global Access
Building lasting water and sanitation systems across 9 countries with local governments.
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Ogallala Life
Rural Aquifers
Protecting the Ogallala Aquifer beneath 8 US states — increasingly strained by data center growth.
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Alliance for Water Efficiency
Accountability
Holding corporations and data centers accountable for water consumption through standards and advocacy.
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The Nature Conservancy
Freshwater
Protecting freshwater ecosystems across the US — the rivers and aquifers communities and data centers depend on.

Start tracking.
Take action.

Free to install. 15 seconds. No account needed. Your AI usage has a water footprint — now you can see it and do something about it.

🧩 Add Cup Caps to Chrome — Free
No account · All data stays on your device · No tracking

Help shape
what's next.

Cup Caps is built by one person. Your ideas, bugs, and requests go directly to me — and the best ones ship. Tell me what you'd want to see.

💡
Request a feature
Something you wish Cup Caps did? Tell me.
🐛
Report a bug
Something broken or not tracking right? Let me know.
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Suggest an organization
Know an org that should be on the list? Send it my way.
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General feedback
Thoughts, questions, or just want to say hi.
contact@irisinitiatives.org

Buy me
a coffee.

Hi, I'm Sabrina (you found me 😉). I built Cup Caps because I use AI tools every day and started wondering what that actually costs. Not in dollars though, but in water. This is my attempt to make that visible. It's free, it's a WIP, and it's just me! If you find this tool useful to you, I'd love your support.

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