HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: The big data center buildup High Country News Planning and management November 25, 2025An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies. By Jonathan Thompson, High Country...
GRIST: How to make data centers less thirsty Grist Planning and management November 24, 2025There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: build them in places with lots...
UC RIVERSIDE: California data center health impacts tripled in 4 years UC Riverside Planning and management November 22, 2025Efforts needed to reduce data center emissions and water use, report authors say By UC Newsroom Researchers from the University...
GRIST: The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom Grist Planning and management October 28, 2025The tech industry’s soaring electricity and water demands are raising consumer rates and threatening sustainability goals. This story was originally...
AGU: Toilets and showers make up the vast majority of household water use American Geophysical Union Planning and management September 4, 2025Homes in California use less water than other states, according to a new study of a subset of US cities...