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American South West is Vast expanse. Depends on how you count it too. If DFW, Austin, San Antonio count as American South West for that 20% number, which is arg
by sremani 3y ago
American South West is Vast expanse. Depends on how you count it too. If DFW, Austin, San Antonio count as American South West for that 20% number, which is arguable, the Phoenix location does not make sense.
Phoenix datacenters are largely a SoCal play, the cost of investing in SoCal versus on the other side of the border with tax incentives a bit more business friendly environment and near zero land costs (compared to Coastal California metro).
When it comes to water management, the desert towns like Las Vegas, Phoenix do a far better job than coastal cities.
note: 80% of American population lives East of 98th parallel, that is roughly East of I-35 and majority of the remaining 20% is along pacific coast.
- kibwen 3y ago> If DFW, Austin, San Antonio count as American South West for that 20% number, which is arguable, the Phoenix location does not make sense. Right. As measured from the center of the Texas triangle, Phoenix is 915 miles away. Chicago is 910, and Jacksonville, FL on the Atlantic ocean is 900.
- miguelazo 3y agoDo not put Phoenix and Vegas in the same category for water management. Vegas has done a decent job, Phoenix, and the sprawling suburbs around it, have done a terrible job and are in for a very rude awakening.
- sremani 3y agoGood to know. Phoenix is home to Intel and TSMC fabs too. I was assuming they have this figured out, guess not.
- eep_social 3y agoNo, Phoenix absolutely has it figured out. There are suburbs which do not. GP is presumably confused.
- miguelazo 3y agoChandler, where Intel’s fab is located, is indeed a suburb. And newer suburbs are being cut off entirely, because even the Republicans have realized the jig is almost up. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arizona-limits-new-housing-phoenix-dwindling-water-supply-rcna87390 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arizona-limits-new-hous...
- oceanplexian 3y agoArizona is actually working on a plan to bring in seawater from the Sea of Cortez, people forget that the ocean is only ~62 miles from Arizona’s southern border. It’s actually one of the more realistic and economically viable desalination proposals out there. The main obstacle are environmentalists. Unfortunately desalination (like Nuclear Energy) is to environmentalists like garlic is to a vampire.
- miguelazo 3y agoRight, because desal is totally environmentally sound. And sourcing your water through a country that kinda hates you (for flooding their country with guns, refugees, high fructose corn syrup, etc) is also a great idea.