How Many Hyperscale Data Centers Does Arizona Need? How Many Can We Afford?
By Drew Williamson
Copyright 2026 Williamson News Service
Government planning and regulation is needed to avoid disaster in many areas of economic activity. For example, the production and distribution of hydrogen bombs. That's fairly obvious. The attached interview clearly states this is the case for the construction of hyperscale data centers, due to their huge appetites for water and energy and the economic risk to the public:
"One final piece is the need to think about broader planning on how much total water and electricity demand from data centers a state or a region or utility jurisdiction can handle. It’s one thing to say that a state can handle one hyperscale data center, but quite another for that state to be welcoming dozens of such facilities." Please take the time to read on: