AI data centers strain Arizona's water supply

TSMC's Phoenix chip fab, seen as an economic savior, uses nearly 5 million gallons of water daily from the city supply. New hyperscale data center proposals now demand more water, power and land than Arizonans are willing to give, drawing pushback from Phoenix to Tucson.

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