water issue(s)

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Hello.  This is from an article in the Financial Times of April 30, 2026.  Regret that it's technically not feasible to reproduce it here so am just conveying its title and subheads:

"TikTok's plan for $9.5bn Brazil AI data centre embroiled in fight over land, water and power"

'Campaigners and local indigenous people question the project's suitability in a semi-arid area with a history of drought'

'How can you have a data centre that will use thousands of litres of water when people don't have water in their homes?'*

*Likely quite easily-rf

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"AI data centers appear to be creating their own microclimates"

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ai-data-center-microclimates-22236756.php (found not paywalled)

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https://www.rsn.org/001/california-will-soon-have-more-than-300-data-centers-where-will-they-get-their-water.html 

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https://www.techradar.com/pro/unprecedented-drought-conditions-more-than-500-data-centers-across-nevada-california-and-arizona-could-feel-the-pinch-as-the-iconic-hoover-dam-could-lose-40-of-its-power-output-because-of-poor-rainfall-and-abnormally-low-snowpack-numbers 

"More than 500 data centers could feel the pinch...because of poor rainfall..." around Hoover Dam...".

Won't someone please think of the pinched data centers' welfare?

Their existence would have been perfect to put to voters as a referendum question but...