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Chip making uses "a lot of water." (Parts of) Arizona is experiencing water shortage, particularly aquifer draw down. I wonder what the effect of chip making i
by a3n 5y ago
Chip making uses "a lot of water." (Parts of) Arizona is experiencing water shortage, particularly aquifer draw down.
I wonder what the effect of chip making in Arizona will be in Arizona, relative to other water use.
Parts of Arizona by law don't meter aquifer use, which disincentivizes current ag users to conserve, and has incentivized corporate ag to relocate there. (From memory, and I may have botched that memory)
I wonder if TSMC is locating in an unmetered location, or getting a formal water regulation break.
- MangoCoffee 5y ago"Counterintuitively, the famously thirsty industry can even improve the local water supply due to a focus on reclamation and purification—Intel has funded 15 water restoration projects in the Grand Canyon State with a goal of restoring 937 million gallons per year, and it expects to reach net positive water use once the projects are completed." Here's arstechnica's article regarding fab in AZ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/why-do-chip-makers-keep-building-foundries-in-the-arizona-desert/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/why-do-chip-makers-k...