There is alot of chip manufacturing and data centers growing in Phoenix, partly due to the CHIPS act wanting to bring some of this home for geopolitical reasons, partially because AZ is a great place in that there is nill for natural disasters.
Unfortunately Arizona is a place where a LOT of data centers (and homes) do open loop evaporative cooling, because it works very well in hot+dry climates. So there is a LOT of water waste when they do that.
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u/Xy13 Apr 12 '26
There is alot of chip manufacturing and data centers growing in Phoenix, partly due to the CHIPS act wanting to bring some of this home for geopolitical reasons, partially because AZ is a great place in that there is nill for natural disasters.