Reposted by Alex Datema
"Of 809 planned datacenters, 517 are in locations that have been in drought conditions throughout the past year.... More than 60% of the contiguous US is currently at varying stages of drought, the largest expanse for spring in modern records."
theguardian.com
Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI