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🚨 JUST IN: A developer behind a $10 BILLION AI data center is suing for access to 260 MILLION gallons of water every year from the Colorado River. While communities across the Southwest face worsening droughts and shrinking water supplies, AI companies are demanding more resources to power the next generation of artificial intelligence. Massive AI data centers require enormous amounts of water to keep thousands of servers cool and that demand is only growing. Who should get priority: local communities, agriculture, and ecosystems or billion-dollar AI infrastructure? Do you think AI companies should have access to this much water?