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
https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-330-mw-data-center-wanted-to-buy-a-farm-switch-off-the-irrigation-and-drink-the-difference-californias-most-powerful-irrigation-district-said-no-so-it-sued
Data will eat us alive and starve us for food. It's only beginning. More and more farmland is going to data centers, wind and solar factories
Gerry McGovern
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2026-07-30 10:39:19 UTC
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