Building new AI datacenters in drought-hit regions exacerbates water scarcity and environmental degradation.

Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land “The AI industry is sprinting as fast as it can to gain market dominance, and the rest of us have to deal with a great increase in water demand in places already in drought,” said Christopher Dalbom, an expert in water resources law at Tulane University. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/datacenter-ai-drought-water The tech bros will burn everything to the ground to be the last man standing over a pile of bones and ashes #datacenters

Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/datacenter-ai-drought-water

Most new #US #AI #datacenters are being built in drought zones — two-thirds of 809 planned projects set for areas with water shortages. 👉🏻 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/datacenter-ai-drought-water

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Most new U.S. AI data centers are being built in drought zones — two-thirds of 809 planned projects set for areas with water shortages https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/most-new-us-ai-data-centers-are-going-up-on-drought-land