California will soon have more than 300 data centers — but where will they get their water?

One $10 billion data center would require 750,000 gallons of water a day to operate; developers insist water costs won’t rise.
NPR

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms

Fifteen minutes after Susan Bourgeois was appointed to lead Louisiana Economic Development, the state agency responsible for strengthening business growth, she got her first data center pitch. "I was ...
The Texas Tribune

Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they?

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