Arizonans are mounting widespread resistance against newly proposed industrial projects stretching from Phoenix to Tucson. The pushback is intensifying as the state braces to lose nearly 30 percent of its Colorado River supply. Even though developers point to economic benefits, residents are independently studying zoning, land use, and local water reserves to halt further growth. Meanwhile, existing facilities like TSMC's massive Phoenix complex are already drawing millions of gallons of municipal water every single day.
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Residents and activists are organizing at city council meetings to challenge zoning and l…: Residents and activists are organizing at city council meetings to challenge zoning and land use for new developments.
Major data center projects can consume roughly 1.5 million gallons of water daily, fuelin…: Major data center projects can consume roughly 1.5 million gallons of water daily, fueling regional resource disputes.
Economic incentives like jobs and tax revenues are failing to overcome local fears regard…: Economic incentives like jobs and tax revenues are failing to overcome local fears regarding critical water and power supplies.
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Industry has drained the state’s water reserves for decades. Data centers are the breaking point.
by Gaby Del Valle
Photos by Stephen Voss
A hulking gray giant rises from the desert. Inside, engineers create the force behind our phones and computers and appliances, our streaming services and search engines and chatbots and vibe-coded apps and websites. The complex is simultaneously massive and squat, dwarfed by the mountains that surround it, and it is endless. I drive past one building, and then another, and then the ground opens up where construction crews have dug up the earth so a third building can rise. There is a parking lot, and then another, and then another. There is an empty lot on the other side of the street, full of cars and the occasional food truck to feed the thousands of laborers who are busy transforming this expanse of desert into an industrial park. There is dust, so much of it, choking the air.
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