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Hey, how much water would that infrastructure need, possibly?
by esseph 1y ago
Hey, how much water would that infrastructure need, possibly?
- nine_k 1y agoIsn't this water nearly 100% recyclable? It's not that it would get used up, like water used for watering of almond trees in California.
- LeifCarrotson 1y agoI mean, it could be - the highly filtered water could be re-filtered. But unless it's cheaper to do so, or they're required by law to do so, they're just going to pump cleaner starting water out of the drinking supply and use that. And good luck finding a city or state government that's not so desperate for big industry and tech jobs to arrive that they will hold their feet to the fire and demand they cut water use.
- MangoCoffee 1y agohttps://news.asu.edu/20240925-science-and-technology-why-chip-manufacturers-choose-arizonas-desert-environment https://news.asu.edu/20240925-science-and-technology-why-chi... why not do a simple google search?
- andsoitis 1y agoThere was a story about this a year ago: https://fortune.com/2024/04/08/tsmc-water-usage-phoenix-chips-act-commerce-department-semiconductor-manufacturing/ https://fortune.com/2024/04/08/tsmc-water-usage-phoenix-chip...