Municipalities across the Grand Canyon State are raising concern over the rapid rise of data centers, especially when it comes to water consumption in the drought-stricken Southwest. But an Arizona tribe that shares a 108-mile border with the Colorado River has enacted a moratorium on its nearly 1 million-acre reservation. The Hualapai Tribal Council in northern Arizona recently passed a resolution opposing “the irresponsible development of hyperscale data centers.” Such facilities powering AI, they say, pose “a direct and severe threat to the tribe’s sacred water, lands, environment and way of life.” … According to the city’s project FAQ webpage, Page has not committed any municipal water source to the pending data center — adding that rumors about drawing from Lake Powell remain “speculative at this time.”

Other data center water use news:

• The Stockton Record (Calif.): Stockton to hold listening sessions on data centers after council removes them from plan
• The Denver Gazette (Colo.): Aurora bans evaporative cooling for data centers, turf installation to save water
• Wired: AI agents are thirsty for power