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Data center that vowed to avoid Colorado River water is now suing for 260 million gallons per year (www.thecooldown.com)

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Questions are mounting around a proposed artificial intelligence data center in California's Imperial Valley because its developer is now seeking Colorado River water, despite earlier saying the project would avoid drawing from the drought-stressed river.

KPBS reported that Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing has gone to court to secure 260 million gallons of water per year from the Imperial Irrigation District — about 750,000 gallons a day — for a planned artificial intelligence complex in the desert.

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[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

They vowed to avoid it when seeking approval but now that it’s approved say they need it?

Fry from Futurama saying, “I’m shocked, SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked.”

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

Classic tactic, approve one thing, then slowly make amends to something that would not be approved. If it's gradual then each change is a minor adjustment so they don't need to seek re approval or notify anyone.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Vows are legally binding, right?

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