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Residents cheer as Tucson rejects data center campus

sitkack

Good for them. No groundwater for data centers! Data centers should be run closed loop, if they can't, they shouldn't exist. AZ should also make them generate at least 70% of their power onsite.

bob1029

[delayed]

belter

> No groundwater for data centers!

It's worst. They use tap water.

"...For the purposes of cooling, data centres mainly use potable water (water that is safe to drink or use for cooking, free from harmful contaminants). .." - https://www.twobirds.com/en/insights/2025/cooling-the-cloud-...