Data center growth demands more energy. Is Nevada prepared?
To operate, data centers require enormous amounts of electricity. Not only to run the massive machines, but to cool them. And they’re cooled with water.
It raises questions for Nevada, still in the grips of a near-30-year drought. How efficiently are data centers with our precious water? Where will all the necessary power come from? More solar fields in the desert? A return to coal-fired energy plants?
