The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom

Grist
By Grist CreativeOct 28, 2025, 10:00 am484 ptsHotTop
A new kind of gold rush is sweeping the West, and this time the prize isn’t minerals but megawatts. From Phoenix to Colorado’s Front Range, data centers are arriving with outsize demands for power and water. In a new report, the regional environmental advocacy group Western Resource Advocates (WRA) warns…

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