Part of the context for this is the recent Supreme Court approved Rio Grande Compact settlement between New Mexico and Texas, which brings to an end years of disagreement but also means tighter water supplies and likely retirement of some water rights in the Lower Rio Grande valley of New Mexico.
Bill Haneberg
A huge water-sucking data center in the southern New Mexico desert? WTF??
It’s not because there’s enough water for AI and local farmers, there’s not, it’s because officials in a small state can be bought off cheaply, and fuck those farmers!
#EndProjectJupiter!
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Developers say there's plenty of water for a giant data center in southern New Mexico. Some locals are skeptical.
