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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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[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, let's build the machine that needs An Insane Amount of Cooling™ in the fucking DESERT.

[-] 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?

[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Oh, so they lied to get the project to move forward? Sounds about right. Maybe someone should have asked them just how they were planning to get the water needed for the project.

[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Not a drop! Let it dessicate and crumble.

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