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April 9, 2025

9 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. California Bill event

    A.B. 93, Water resources: data centers.. A.B. 93 went to committee in the Assembly. 2025-04-09. California Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  2. California Bill event

    S.B. 57, Electrical corporations: data centers: report.. S.B. 57 went to committee in the Senate. 2025-04-09. California Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  3. Arizona Statement

    Google said 15% of water consumption was in areas with high water scarcity Said April 9, 2025, The Guardian. The Guardian trade press (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  4. Arizona Statement

    Microsoft said 42% of its water came from areas with water stress in 2023 Said April 9, 2025, The Guardian. The Guardian trade press (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  5. Arizona Statement

    Tu Nube Seca Mi Río campaign group. Aurora Gómez of campaign group Tu Nube Seca Mi Río called for moratorium on new datacentres in Spain due to water scarcity Said April 9, 2025, The Guardian. The Guardian trade press (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

  6. Arizona Timeline entry

    NTT Mesa data center campus. NTT also owns a 102 acre data campus in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor in Mesa with first of seven planned data centers opened in 2022 with 126,000 square feet The record reads approved, April 9, 2025. themesatribune.com local outlet (content date)

  7. Arizona Timeline entry

    NTT Mesa data center campus. NTT Global Data Centers purchased 174 acres in southeast Mesa at northeast corner of Pecos and Crimson roads on March 25, 2025 The record reads approved, April 9, 2025. themesatribune.com local outlet (content date)

  8. Arizona News item

    Firm pays $300M for 174-acre Mesa data complex. NTT Global Data Centers bought 174 acres in southeast Mesa for $300 million in March 2025, planning a second complex with seven data halls totaling 1.7 million square feet. The Pacific Proving Technology Campus received City Council approval in August 2024. themesatribune.com, 2025-04-09. themesatribune.com local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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  9. Arizona News item

    Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas. Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water scarce regions worldwide, with 38 active facilities and 24 under development already located in areas of water stress. The Guardian and SourceMaterial investigation found these companies plan a 78% increase in datacentres globally, raising concerns about water depletion in drought prone areas. The Guardian, 2025-04-09. The Guardian national outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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