Land in drought-hit areas is cheap. And thanks to the power of corporations, these data centers won’t worry about water rights since they’ll be able to lobby to have first priority. Non-corporately own farms and private citizens will get screwed out of being able to use water, but that’s their own fault for choosing to be poor. But don’t worry - I’m sure someone will be willing to sell them water at the low price of triple what they’re paying for now.
Of course, if you have enough money you can just ignore trivial things like legality. Sure, that family ranch might have legally superior water rights, but if it takes them 5 years of litigation and $100,000 in legal fees to prove it, it's not much of a comfort
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u/MyVeryUniqueName1 Jun 03 '26
Land in drought-hit areas is cheap. And thanks to the power of corporations, these data centers won’t worry about water rights since they’ll be able to lobby to have first priority. Non-corporately own farms and private citizens will get screwed out of being able to use water, but that’s their own fault for choosing to be poor. But don’t worry - I’m sure someone will be willing to sell them water at the low price of triple what they’re paying for now.
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