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I did not know Arizona was a contender for AI Data Centers. Don't they have water and drought issues already?
by karakoram 11mo ago
I did not know Arizona was a contender for AI Data Centers. Don't they have water and drought issues already?
- concerneddude 11mo ago[dead]
- toomuchtodo 11mo agoIndeed, the Salt River Project nuclear generator uses reclaimed sewage water for cooling.
- ben_w 11mo agoProbably, given it's famously a desert, but the water issues for DCs are a meme rather than the actual limiting factor even in Arizona's case. Last time this came up in an HN discussion, I looked at the sources and noticed that all 108 DCs in Arizona combined currently use about as much water as about 3k residents: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45952965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45952965 How big is the rejected new DC compared to all the existing ones combined? I could believe just about anything in the current bubble, but that's where we're at for the existing ones.
- cheald 11mo agoIt's already home to the largest nuclear power plant in the continental US (Palo Verde), and there are essentially no natural disasters to contend with.