Data center water resilience requires site-specific assessment beyond efficiency metrics like Water Use Effectiveness (WUE), according to industry analysis. The Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing'…
On 16 June 2026, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors in California declared a 45-day moratorium on data centres, later extended to a full year, halting approval of a nearly one-million-square-foo…
California's data center hysteria is overblown, argues columnist Steven Greenhut, citing a 2024 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study showing data centers may use only about 1% of the U.S. water…
Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing's legal filing for an AI data center in California's Imperial Valley contains conflicting water-use estimates, including a miscalculation that 750,000 gallons pe…
Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing (IVCM) filed a June 5 lawsuit against the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) seeking about 260 million gallons of Colorado River water per year for its proposed …
Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, which publicly pledged its planned 330-megawatt AI complex in California's Imperial Valley would not use Colorado River water, is now suing the Imperial Irrigat…
A lawsuit by Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing against the Imperial Irrigation District tests whether agricultural water can be redirected to industrial projects under California's Lithium Valley…
An AI data center developer is suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water for a 330-megawatt facility in California's Imperial Valley, after the Imperial Irrigation District denie…
Imperial County, California, supervisors voted to impose an emergency moratorium on new data center approvals, halting a planned $10 billion AI complex that would have consumed 750,000 gallons of cool…