> A 330 MW data center wanted to buy a farm, switch off the irrigation, and drink the difference — California's most powerful irrigation district said no, so it sued
> What is being litigated is whether an irrigation district chartered to serve farms can lawfully decline to serve an industry, and whether fallowing counts as conservation when the county is the buyer but not when a data center is.
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> Rahim Amir [Contributor]
> Rahim Amir is a UAE-based tech writer who enjoys building PCs as much as he enjoys writing about them. He has been professionally writing about PC hardware since 2023, focusing on buyer’s guides, hardware reviews, and sponsored content and features related to tech.
> Having built hundreds of gaming PCs and being an avid gamer in his spare time, Rahim tends to have stronger opinions about hardware than most. This is particularly on display when he ...
It'd be really nice if Tech Radar had assigned this story to someone with real domain knowledge. Or at least given Rahim the time & money to source on-record quotes from lawyers with relevant expertise.
Also: IIR, California's "wholesale" price for irrigation water is vastly lower than what other water users are charged. If so - should DC's automatically revert to the far-higher price for cooling water, no matter the outcome of this case?
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> A 330 MW data center wanted to buy a farm, switch off the irrigation, and drink the difference — California's most powerful irrigation district said no, so it sued
> What is being litigated is whether an irrigation district chartered to serve farms can lawfully decline to serve an industry, and whether fallowing counts as conservation when the county is the buyer but not when a data center is.
...
> Rahim Amir [Contributor]
> Rahim Amir is a UAE-based tech writer who enjoys building PCs as much as he enjoys writing about them. He has been professionally writing about PC hardware since 2023, focusing on buyer’s guides, hardware reviews, and sponsored content and features related to tech.
> Having built hundreds of gaming PCs and being an avid gamer in his spare time, Rahim tends to have stronger opinions about hardware than most. This is particularly on display when he ...
It'd be really nice if Tech Radar had assigned this story to someone with real domain knowledge. Or at least given Rahim the time & money to source on-record quotes from lawyers with relevant expertise.
Also: IIR, California's "wholesale" price for irrigation water is vastly lower than what other water users are charged. If so - should DC's automatically revert to the far-higher price for cooling water, no matter the outcome of this case?