America’s data centers are thirsty. Rural towns are paying the price—from tanked water pressure to stolen desert groundwater
via mostpolicyinitiative.org
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In the first week of May, two data center developments, one in Arizona and another in Georgia, were caught taking public water without authorization. In both cases, data center developers consumed water they were expressly prohibited from taking, in communities already experiencing water stress, and in both cases it was the residents who discovered it. […]