From neighborhood protests to countywide moratoriums, water- and energy-intensive data centers have united protesters who distrust the industrial behemoths. … There are now more than 70 data centers either operating in or planned for Nevada, but as more are planned, Nevadans across the state are turning out in droves at public meetings to speak against their construction. … Water consumption per data center varies. … City of Reno planning numbers forecast the Keystone and Webb data centers — which are on the “smaller” side for data centers, requiring less than 30 megawatts of power per project — will each require around 650,000 gallons of water a year. … Across Southern Nevada, data centers account for about 0.5 percent of water usage. Golf courses account for more than 5 percent while casinos use 7 percent.  

Other data center water use and regulation news:

• Politico: Locals across California are pausing data centers
• The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): Sacramento mayor asks staff to study policies, impacts for data center proposals
• NBC Bay Area (San Jose, Calif.): San Francisco supervisors propose 45-day moratorium on new data centers
• Times of San Diego: Poway council votes to ban artificial intelligence data centers
• The Levee Was Dry (Downey Brand): Blog: Data centers and water supply in California: Issues to address early in project development
• The Hill: Opinion: Data center hysteria is our latest group chat gone wild
• The Nevada Independent: Opinion: As public anger at data centers grows, utility regulators squirm
• The Land Desk: Blog: On AI agents, the Big Data Center Backlash, and monkeywrenches