A controversial data center and power plant development in the West Valley has cleared a key hurdle with an Arizona Corporation Commission vote. The commission voted unanimously Feb. 4 in favor of a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for Project Baccara, a first-of-its-kind arrangement in the state whose developers want to build a 700-megawatt gas-fired power plant to fuel a data center project just outside Surprise. … Baccara is seeking out agreements with a neighboring facility to use their treated wastewater, according to Davies, but as it stands they have permission to use groundwater. 

Other data center water use news:

• ABC4 (Salt Lake City, Utah): AI data center could be coming to Provo’s East Bay, fueling mixed reactions
• Big Pivots: Blog: Gearing up for data centers