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Data Centers Near Lake Mead Compared to Lake Powell as Water Levels Plunge

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 6d ago
1,304 distinct posts / 48h, matching Near 674 Water 569 Lake 123 Data 53 Powell 45
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6d ago DROUGHT Netherlands experiencing Level 2 water shortage (meaning drinking water is secured but other usages being controlled) due to heatwaves and below average rainfall this year. Guess who wan… ×2 -5.5
6d ago tonight discovered this soil moisture map - dear lord almighty!!! 😭😭😭 www.drought.gov/data-maps-to... -7.0
6d ago It is a blessing we are out of water this year instead of next year after a thousand more data centers are built. A decade or two ago there was a small town in N. Calif. that had plenty of wonder… ×3 -6.0
6d ago You know what we don't need? Data centers downtown by the river residents here and downstream are relying on amid drought and climate change. ×2 -6.0
6d ago We agree. Even if an individual AI data center has a well managed water budget, it's critical to consider what happens when drought conditions occur. If these are considered critical infrastructu… ×2 -3.0
6d ago What's the acceptable body count per data center? 'The drought has also heightened concerns about whether Europe can support the rapid rollout of data centres, (...) which rely on water for cooling… ×2 -7.0
6d ago Federal water data confirms Lake Mead & Lake Powell have dropped to their lowest levels since being filled, compounding severe drought across 7 Western states following the contiguous US's hottest … ×5 -6.0
6d ago "It’s a testament to all the excess heat being stored in the oceans now-a-days coming back to haunt us as it’s released back into the active climate system, increasing extreme weather & climate pat… -4.0
6d ago Okay this is a 10/10 master's thesis, full points for creativity, use of existing data, and "damn that's cool"ness: Identification and Characterization of Tornado Seismic Signals - basically, "can … +8.0
6d ago It's probably not good when your cable internet company sends you the promised 9 am update which consists of" "Boy, this is taking longer than we thought-stupid hurricane. Next update 9 am THURSDA… -3.5
6d ago "In the Eye of the Storm" has recently captured my attention. And it seems from that like extremely granular data about what a hurricane or weather front is doing can be a matter of life and death. -2.0
6d ago For sure, they should keep telling us was how we need data centers, but not how “A typical medium-sized data center consumes about 300,000 gallons of water per day (roughly 110 million gallons a ye… ×3 -3.0
7d ago The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost 9 heroes. Bi… ×3 -7.0
7d ago AI only cited research from local news about flooding videos with facts on how climate change patterns of 10yrs wasn‘t incorporated into new developments. The stories confirmed that engineers use … -4.0
7d ago I live in one of those drought stricken states and I was extremely worried about the water supply before all of these unnecessary data centers. Water is vital for humans, animals and plants to surv… ×3 -3.5
7d ago My guess is the tech billionaires are building bunkers because they know the first time the power companies intentionally black out residents during an unprecedented heatwave (in order to keep the … ×2 -6.0
7d ago Instruments designed to monitor Earth's vibrations can also reveal how hurricanes churn the air above them. By combining seismic, infrasound, and computer modeling data, the study demonstrates a n… +6.0
7d ago NASA data for surface groundwater drought shows starkly the state of Europe after this parched summer, but the south coast of Ireland tells a story too that you can see in the brown parks and garde… -4.0
7d ago Even as drought affects Virginia, the state's rapidly expanding data center sector continues drawing large volumes of water each day from rivers and reservoirs. www.yahoo.com/news/weather... ×2 -3.0
7d ago That emergency weather alert on your phone? Public servants make it possible—federal experts who forecast severe weather and give emergency managers data to protect communities. But that workforce… -4.0
7d ago Most recent heatwave data not yet in, but so far this year almost 3000 people have died in the UK and 'heat-associated' deaths was the cause. I don't suppose they, or the people who cared about the… -3.5
7d ago We have 2 data centers being built outside of Austin. Both are east. 1 is a muskrat job, the other is by the new gigantic Samsung campus. The power plants are being discussed. We’re in a drought an… ×2 -3.0
7d ago "The Scale of the Thirst: AI’s Hidden Cost" www.akcp.com/2026/08/17/t... "Environmentally, the impacts are profound. Data centers worsen drought conditions in already vulnerable areas, contributing… ×2 -4.0
7d ago 🚗 Province of Utrecht leverages vehicle data from the national #ROMO initiative to tackle: 🔷 Asset management 🔷 Extreme weather 🔷 High-risk locations 🔗 Read the story: sdglocalaction.org/utrecht-ro… +6.0
7d ago Find out more about current marine heatwave conditions around the UK: https://www.noc.ac.uk/news/rolling-updates-inside-uks-unfolding-marine-heatwave SST = sea surface temperature Data products fr… -1.5
7d ago Investors in data centers face billions in underinsured risks. Makes you wonder: what is scaring insurers away from providing full coverage? Who will cover the cleanup costs if extreme weather wip… ×2 -5.0
7d ago It’s a testament to all the excess heat being stored in the oceans now-a-days coming back to haunt us as it’s released back into the active climate system, increasing extreme weather and climate pa… -2.5
7d ago Not much drama in the #weather over the next couple of weeks. Some rain but a drier outlook. No #heatwave. Data for Manchester. +2.0
7d ago Labs overheating, freezers failing, participants cancelling. Most UK researchers have a heatwave story, but the sector has no data. Anonymous UCL survey, 8-15 mins, any career stage, open to late S… -4.0
7d ago This heatwave feels never ending. 2 months now. Tomorrow we finally get one day below 30. Have shuffled the rota so I'm working 🤣 this is absolutely abnormal when looking at historical data for tem… -3.0

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T3 Southwest reservoir Lake Powell water levels hit record low | Shareable Stories weather_drought channel3000.com parched, alarming, dire
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T3 Lake Powell, Lake Mead hit record lows amid Colorado River crisis weather_drought azfamily.com parched, alarming, critical
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T3 Utah worries feds could dip into Flaming Gorge as Lake Powell hits record low weather_drought fox13now.com anxious, protective, alarmed
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