They do need a lot of water, initially, but it was pointed out that it's similar to filling a swimming pool [1]. Yes you need a lot of water at first, however i

They do need a lot of water, initially, but it was pointed out that it's similar to filling a swimming pool [1]. Yes you need a lot of water at first, however it's not as though all that water is just being dumped outside to evaporate. It's cleaned and recycled, and recaptured from the air within the plant. While Arizona doesn't have an abundance of excess water, they do have pretty strict usage guidelines and rules in place from the Department of Water Resources [2]. Assuming we can trust the government's call on this (are they being objective and fair, or tilting the reports to bring in Billions of dollars of corporate revenue and jobs) then these fabs should have no problem being supplied with water or impacting others in the area. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/04/why-intel-tsmc-are-building-water-dependent-chip-plants-in-arizona.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/04/why-intel-tsmc-are-building-... [2] https://www.arizonawaterfacts.com/water-your-facts https://www.arizonawaterfacts.com/water-your-facts