😽 Keepin’ It Simple Summary for Younger Readers👧🏾✊🏾👦🏾
Giant technology companies 🏢💻 are building huge warehouse-sized computer buildings called data centers 🖥️📦 all across the American Southwest 🌵🇺🇸 to power artificial intelligence 🤖 and store internet data 🌐.
Google just started building a $4 billion 💰 facility in Arkansas, Amazon tried to build one in Tucson but got kicked out by angry residents 😡🏠, and New Mexico just approved a mind-blowing $165 billion 💸 complex near the border with Texas.
The big problem ⚠️ is these buildings need millions of gallons of water 💧🚰 every day to keep their computers cool ❄️🖥️, and they use enough electricity ⚡ to power entire cities 🏙️—all in desert areas where water is already scarce 😓 because of drought 🌞🌵 and climate change 🌍🔥…