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America’s data centers are thirsty. Rural towns are paying the price—from tanked water pressure to stolen desert groundwater (opens in new tab)

Covers 3 stories including Georgia residents seethe over 30M gallons of missing waterCovered by Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News

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Georgia residents seethe over 30M gallons of missing water

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Meta Built a Data Center Next Door. The Neighbors’ Water Taps Went Dry.

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AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine massive 6.2 million-square-foot facility over unauthorized water consumption

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Startups are installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the beleaguered electrical grid

New Mexico is in a historic drought. Oracle and OpenAI designed their newest data center with that in mind

Erin Brockovich, the activist who defeated a utility giant and inspired a Julia Roberts film, is pushing data centers to be more transparent

America’s data centers are thirsty. Rural towns are paying the price—from tanked water pressure to stolen desert groundwater