GoKawiilArizona faces backlash over new data center water and power demands
Phoenix's TSMC chip plant uses roughly 5 million gallons of municipal water daily, part of a pre-pandemic bet to revive the region's economy that largely succeeded without major local opposition. Arizona now hosts 172 data centers, but newer, larger proposed developments from Phoenix to Tucson are drawing resistance over their heavier demands for water, power and land.