So, now they’re thinking about water?
Full disclosure I just never got the attraction of living in a Desert. I don’t get Phoenix, or Tuscon, or Las Vegas. I just don’t see how this ends well.
Now, a whole lot of people who moved to the desert and built Golf courses and fountains are starting to worry about water – and it’s probably not a great idea to build a Data center in that climate, but that’s not what’s causing the problem.
It all depends on the local water supply. Citing the amount used in “Texas” doesn’t help if San Antonio doesn’t have enough water but Houston is fine.
(You see, Texas is big. It’s almost half the size of Alaska!)
Watching the start of the first video, I’m still flabbergasted that they haven’t slapped solar over every mile of those open, sunlit canals.
Gov. Hobbs made a mark when she first took office by releasing a report showing that part of the Phoenix region had already been found to be legally ineligible for new development since the area did not have a viable source of guaranteed of future water (can’t remember if it was decades or a century required). She’d said the previous governor had been slow to release it, I do not know if that is true.
As some research suggests the current 27-year-long regional drought is to continue for the forseeable future, I see no way that the Colorado Compact, and especially the senior rights held largely by agricultural users, will survive.