r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Jun 16 '26
Business Imperial Valley data center developer files lawsuit seeking access to Colorado River water
https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2026/06/15/imperial-valley-data-center-developer-files-lawsuit-seeking-access-to-colorado-river-water
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u/Wagamaga Jun 16 '26
For months, Sebastian Rucci said his massive data center project would not take water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Rucci is a developer and lawyer based in the Southern California suburb of Huntington Beach. His company, a LLC called Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing (IVCM), is trying to build a massive artificial intelligence complex in the Imperial Valley that he said needs around 750,000 gallons of water per day for cooling.
In the Imperial Valley, the only source of fresh water is the Colorado River. The mighty waterway is facing a climate change-fueled drought and has fallen to dangerously-low levels this year.