Data center developer sues IID over water service denial
The developer of a proposed 330-megawatt data center near the City of Imperial has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the Imperial Irrigation District (IID), alleging the district unlawfully denied its request for water service and discriminates against industrial water users. Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC … is developing a data center project on a 75-acre site at Aten and Clark roads in unincorporated Imperial County.The lawsuit challengesIID’s May 1 denial of the company’s request for approximately 880 acre-feet of water annually for industrial cooling purposes. The developer contends the water demand is comparable to that of a typical 160-acre farm and represents a small fraction of IID’s annual Colorado River allocation. IID denied the application on grounds that the project site lies within the City of Imperial’s sphere of influence and is near municipal water infrastructure
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