This story was originally published by SJV Water.
Assurances that a “highly efficient hybrid cooling system” will keep a proposed AI data center from sucking up all the water in the already overdrafted Indian Wells Valley fell flat with residents who’ve bombarded the state with negative comments on the proposal.
The proposed RB Inyokern Data Center being championed by R&L Capital, Inc. would only use up to 50 acre feet a year to keep its whirring data halls cool, according to an application filed with the California Energy Commission in late April…