- Southwest Gas serves a diverse customer base across Nevada, California, and Arizona.
- Federal plans impose water cutbacks on Nevada, Arizona, and California, impacting the Colorado River and the city of Denver.
Lawmakers are seeking transparency regarding data center water use as combined storage in the Colorado River system hits record lows.
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Updated Jul 30
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Lawmakers are seeking transparency regarding data center water use as combined storage in the Colorado River system hits record lows.
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Federal plans impose water cutbacks on Nevada, Arizona, and California, impacting the Colorado River and the city of Denver.Also in this story
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is imposing supply cuts and setting operating guidelines for the Colorado River basin states, including Arizona, Nevada, and California.
- The region adapts to reduced supplies of the Colorado River.
- Mandatory cuts threaten the Colorado River's flow.
- A Lower Basin three-state agreement was reached, alongside a co-authored call for river management action due to severe resource depletion.
Within Southwest Gas serves a diverse customer base across Nevada, California, and Arizona.
The entities involved
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Arizona
state of the United States of America
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Colorado River
major river in the western United States and Mexico
- Arizona and Nevada face severe water cuts due to deadlock over the Colorado River's impact on Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
- The Glen Canyon Dam operations are facing a critical juncture regarding the survival of the Humpback Chub, balancing ecological flow requirements against the demands of the Colorado River Basin and climate change.
Related events
- A local body in Arizona is facing reduced water allocations from the federal government regarding the Colorado River, leading to calls for new regulations.
- The data center industry in Arizona is currently balancing the demands of technological growth against local water scarcity.
- Data centers operated by Meta, Amazon, and Google are affecting local water supply and quality of life in Arizona.
- Lobbying on behalf of data centers regarding utility costs as AZ leaders seek new standards for data center development.
- Amazon data centers are demanding water from the Colorado River.