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- Arizona faces growing bipartisan opposition to AI data centers in drought-stricken conditions, with newer projects drawing the backlash.
- TSMC’s chip fabs were welcomed, but newer projects now face backlash after industry drained Arizona’s water reserves for decades, making data centers the breaking point.
Why it matters: For Arizona, the material change is political: opposition to AI data centers is bipartisan, whereas TSMC’s chip fabs were welcomed. With industry having drained state water reserves for decades, the newer-project fight puts water use at the center of the state’s industrial debate.
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