Building data centers
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They need a lot of water. Many of them are being built in drought-stricken areas.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/datacenter-ai-drought-water
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/climate/trump-federal-data-centers.html
Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers
In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants. -
The one town that wants a data center.
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