We set out to identify every data center in Maricopa County's energy capacity and identify how water use varied among different facilities.

America’s AI boom is driving a surge in data center construction—along with rising water demand. Why water is becoming the ...

The Arizona Republic used air quality records to estimate how much energy could be guzzled by data centers in Maricopa County. It's a big number.

BUT THAT’S STILL DOWN FROM MONDAY. KCCI IS LOOKING INTO WHAT’S CAUSING MORE NITRATES IN OUR WATER AND HOW MUCH SOME COMPANIES ARE PULLING FROM THE WATER SYSTEM. WE’RE GOING TO START WITH AFFILIATE ...

A woman and her family rejoice at the flowing of River Ewaso Ng'iro after an absence of six months during which the family suffered a severe drought. [File, Standard] Many of us do not need to ...

Most of Arizona’s urban areas were supposed to reach “safe yield,” the point where we are replenishing roughly as much groundwater as we pump, by 2025. But we’re not anywhere close. The state’s five ...

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