Data centers and water (WHAT WATER??) Two stories from yesterday,

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7. Here's the hitch as I see it

Right now, the technology for these data centers is evolving rapidly. The big issue is that new types of data centers will be coming on line in the next 10 years that are much more energy efficient and require less resources. Sounds great, and the tech companies will be switching to them when they are available. Sounds great, right? Well, it will be a good thing, but in the meantime, they do not have another way to meet their immediate need and are entering into deals with communities that they will abandon in 10 years or so. So all of this infrastructure being built to bring power and water to these data centers will still have to be maintained by the towns they are in who will lose the tax base when the data centers close.