There are currently no active applications for a data center in Cochise County. Still, many residents wanted to ban the facilities outright. On Tuesday, the county adopted a set of data center regulations after a 3-0 vote by its supervisors. … Its new regulations ask data center developers to submit noise impact analyses and water use plans. They will also require them to show they can supply power without “adversely impacting existing users” and mostly bar them from using potable water for cooling servers. … Still, many county residents who spoke at the April 7 board meeting felt that a moratorium, not the regulations, better reflected their wishes. 

Other data center water use news:

• Cowboy State Daily (Cheyenne, Wyo.): Microsoft to triple its Cheyenne data center footprint with 3,200-acre land buy
• Calexico Chronicle (Calif.): Opinion: Of politicians, of data centers, of frogs, of ecocide