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June 19, 2021

7 entries published that day, the everything feed by the day each row entered the record; the timeline lists milestones alone, by the day they happened. Each is one sourced row of the record: what happened, where, and where it came from. Nothing here is an article and nothing is unapproved.

  1. Arizona Statement

    Mesa Vice Mayor Jenn Duff said the driest 12 months in 126 years occurred at the time of the vote and data centers are an irresponsible use of water Said June 19, 2021, NBC News. NBC News national outlet (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  2. Arizona Statement

    Virginia Tech Researcher. Landon Marston, lead author of a Virginia Tech paper, stated researchers are unsure about the degree to which environmental considerations are in data center siting decisions Said June 19, 2021, NBC News. NBC News national outlet (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  3. Arizona Statement

    Professor and Director, Texas Tech University Water Resources Center. Venkatesh Uddameri, professor and director of the Water Resources Center at Texas Tech University, stated the typical data center uses about 3-5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to the water use of a city of 30,000-50,000 people Said June 19, 2021, NBC News. NBC News national outlet (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  4. Arizona Statement

    Vice President of Core Operations, Microsoft. Sergio Loureiro, vice president of core operations for Microsoft, said the company has pledged to be water positive by 2030, meaning it plans to replenish more water than it consumes globally Said June 19, 2021, NBC News. NBC News national outlet (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  5. Arizona Statement

    Senior Director of Energy and Location Operations, Google. Gary Demasi, senior director of energy and location operations at Google, said the company is working to utilize water more efficiently and exploring ways to incorporate circularity Said June 19, 2021, NBC News. NBC News national outlet (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  6. Arizona Timeline entry

    Redale data center, Mesa. Mesa City Council approved an $800 million data center development on May 17, 2021 The record reads reported, June 19, 2021. NBC News national outlet (content date)

  7. Arizona News item

    Do water-intensive data centers need to be built in the desert?. NBC News reported on concerns about water use at data centers in arid regions, citing Mesa's approval of an $800 million data center that would use up to 1.25 million gallons of water daily. Mesa Vice Mayor Jenn Duff was the sole council member to vote against the project. NBC News, 2021-06-19. NBC News national outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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