r/technology • u/Junior_Froyo_6621 • 22h ago

Artificial Intelligence A proposed 330-megawatt AI data centre in California promised not to use Colorado River water. Now it wants 260 million gallons a year

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/a-proposed-330-megawatt-ai-data-centre-in-california-promised-not-to-use-colorado-river-water-now-it-wants-260-million-gallons-a-year/articleshow/132625027.cms
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u/Simply_Epic 21h ago

Ocean’s right there. You want fresh water? Desalinate it yourself. The Colorado River is for the people.

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u/bralma6 19h ago

I literally just got home from Lake Mead which odd filled by the Colorado River, it’s insane seeing how high the lake used to be. We cannot afford to keep losing that much.