Data center water use not sustainable in increasingly dry American West

By: Amanda Claire Starbuck

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 678

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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After years of failed negotiations between the states and decades of negligent water management, we now have just months for federal officials to decide how to divide up the ever-shrinking flow of the Colorado River between the seven river basin states that share it — and the 40 million people relying on the river for drinking water, including right here in Colorado.

As we wait with bated breath for a conclusion, another major threat to …

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