Every morning Marisol Winfrey Herrera’s three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Jo reminds her to turn off the tap while washing her hands and brushing her teeth. … It is what prompted Herrera to join No Desert Data Center, a residents’ group that opposes two large data centres coming up on either side of Tucson – the $3.6bn project on the city’s southeast edge and a $5bn project on its northwest side in the town of Marana, together known as Project Blue. The group believes these would consume more water and power than the city set in the Sonoran Desert can afford. … “Water was a unifying theme in our campaign. The Colorado River cuts are looming, and this project would take water away,” Herrera told Al Jazeera.

Other data center water use news:

• The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Residents slam data center proposal for Calistoga Fairgrounds
• The Colorado Sun (Denver): Could a new Denver data center use up to 800,000 gallons of water a day?
• Cap City News (Cheyenne, Wyo.): Vantage Data Centers meets Cheyenne residents’ concerns about incoming project
• Capitol Weekly (Sacramento, Calif.): Opinion: Help communities understand the water impacts of data centers
• The Guardian (U.K.): ‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres